U.S. Park Police are looking for a Honda Odyssey minivan after a hit-and-run incident early Monday morning that left several other cars damaged near Maryland Route 450 in Bladensburg. more ›

The Occupy D.C. protester who allegedly hurled a bottle of Coca-Cola into the face of a U.S. Park Police officer at last weekend's massive clearing out of McPherson Square was released today to a halfway house pending his next court date. more ›

After initial reports that an Occupy D.C. demonstrator threw a brick at a U.S. Park Police officer during Saturday's crackdown on the protest movement's camp at McPherson Square, court documents released Monday said it was in fact a bottle of Coca-Cola. more ›

Compared to the clearing out of McPherson Square on Saturday, the enforcement of no-camping rules by the National Park Service in Freedom Plaza on Sunday was a slow burn. more ›

The lawyer who has represented Occupy D.C. in federal court in previous appeals for the protest group to stay at McPherson Square said he'll "be filing some paperwork" in the wake of U.S. Park Police making an exhaustive sweep of the park to enforce the ban on camping there. more ›

Eight people from Occupy D.C. were arrested and scores of tents removed as U.S. Park Police spent the day enforcing the ban on camping in McPherson Square in what was by far the largest show of force yet agains the four-month-old protest. more ›

Early this morning U.S. Park Police moved into the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square and removed the "Tent of Dreams," a tarp that had hung from the statue of Gen. James McPherson since Monday. They also set up barricades and told protesters that they would be searching tents for any evidence of camping, such as bedding. more ›

A federal judge said today that if the National Park Service decides to close McPherson Square, it needs to give Occupy D.C. enough time to mount a legal response. Still, he shot down a request that U.S. Park Police be forbidden from enforcing anti-camping rules. more ›

A day after protesters at the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square dropped a massive tarp over the statue of Gen. James McPherson in protest of a planned enforcement of anti-camping regulations, the U.S. Park Police have asked occupiers to remove it. more ›

McPherson Square was flush with protesters, onlookers and reporters waiting to see what action the U.S. Park Police would take in enforcing the National Park Service's final warning that Occupy D.C. is in violation of federal regulations about camping in a public space. So far, no one has been arrested. more ›

A member of Occupy D.C. was arrested midday Sunday after pulling down the notices that the National Park Service posted over the weekend as a final warning that the ban on camping at McPherson Square would begin being enforced. more ›

In a flier distributed today, the National Park Service appears to be getting ready to enforce the prohibitions on camping at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, potentially starting to draw the curtains on Occupy D.C.'s takeover of the public squares. more ›

As Los Angeles and Philadelphia make tentative moves towards evicting Occupy campers, the National Park Service continues to turn a blind eye towards activities that it admits are illegal. more ›

A pedicab driver was tased by a U.S. Park Police officer Friday outside the Air and Space Museum, but it looks like the police account and the witness accounts don’t match up. Police say the pedicab driver assaulted the officer. Witnesses claim an assault never happened. more ›

Oh, so you thought that the arrest of several people who were dancing inside the Jefferson Memorial on Saturday afternoon would be the end of the whole brouhaha? Think again: the same group of people who put together the original demonstration are planning an even bigger display of civil disobedience this weekend -- and over 1,800 people say they'll attend. more ›

According to several reports across the internet, five protesters were arrested by U.S. Park Police at around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the Jefferson Memorial for dancing in silence. Touted as "civil danceobedience," the dancers were there protesting a recent court decision earlier this month that upheld a ban on dancing within the memorial. Among those arrested were Adam Kokesh, the man forcefully arrested in the video, and Edward Dickey, the event organizer. In 2008 a small flash mob had gathered at the memorial to dance in silence, but was dispersed when one woman was arrested on misdemeanor charges. A year later, stemming from that case,a judge affirmed a ban on dancing at the memorial, "in order to maintain an atmosphere of calm, tranquility, and reverence." more ›

According to US Park Police, the Fort Totten park trail has become the site of several robberies over the past few months, the latest occurring Friday night. Park Police say at least six robberies have occurred during evening hours as commuters cut through the park on their way home. Normally the park is closed after dark. Although violence has been threatened, none of the victims have been hurt, reports WUSA9. Reiterating Metro's sage advice, commuters are recommended to stick to the main routes and stay in well lit areas. more ›

If you haven't been reading the Georgetown Voice's coverage of the bizarre events that led to the destruction of a Georgetown University toilet on Friday night, head over there and take a good look. The Post picked up the story today, while the Voice continues to toil away at every last detail. more ›

U.S. Park Police are investigating a sexual assault that took place Wednesday morning along a running path in Rock Creek Park, FOX 5 reports. more ›

Two people have been shot at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in downtown D.C., CNN is reporting. So far, no motive has been reported and details are still sketchy. It looks like a security guard and the gunman are the two people who were shot. Two men have reportedly been transported to local hospitals. more ›

We already had a sense that the crime stats were much lower than usual this weekend, and the Examiner reported today that the long, four-day weekend -- at least up until to this point -- has been quite successful in terms of crime prevention. The U.S. Park Police say they have not made any Inauguration-related arrests as of this morning, and MPD spokesperson Traci Hughes told the paper that for the D.C. police, "it's pretty quiet." Obviously, a full evaluation of the weekend can't be accurately completed without factoring in today's activities and tonight's parties to come, but signs so far point to the significant police preparations panning out (even if they're the officers aren't good with directions). more ›

A maintenance worker found a grenade near the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Rock Creek Park early this morning. There's some confusion over whether the grenade is "live" or not -- the Post quotes a U.S. Park Police spokesperson as saying the grenade is genuine and not a toy, while WTOP has a source saying the grenade is live. An Army bomb squad is on the scene to deal with the device. more ›

The U.S. Park Police has released sketches of two suspects sought for the Feb. 8 sexual assault of a 28 year-old woman. more ›

Hains Point is something of a peaceful getaway for the area's cyclists and runners -- generally free from vehicular traffic, the 3-mile loop also known as East Potomac Park is flat and affords views of the Washington Channel and the Potomac River. And while the park is nowhere near any of the city's office buildings or monuments, one cyclist recently learned not to assume that the U.S. Park Police that patrols it isn't sensitive to perceived security threats. more ›