To be honest, Washington, it’s taking everything we’ve got not to put up eight or nine posts today just indulging in our need to whine about how nasty hot it is outside. Apparently the humidity today and tomorrow is going to be so intense, it could feel like it’s 105 degrees. Can we all agree that this is not OK? OK. Thanks. We’ll move on to the headlines then, and by “move on” we don’t of course mean that we’ll be physically moving at all, because that might cause us all to pass out from heat exhaustion. Oh, and the National Weather Service has issued heat advisories until 8 p.m. in Maryland, in Northern Virginia all buses are free, and in D.C. the only change we’ve heard about so far is the traditional closing of the DMV Inspection Station at 1 p.m.
D.C. Fire Sergeant Resigns Under Pressure: A D.C. fire department sergeant who has been under criminal investigation for sexual misconduct has resigned. According to the Examiner, the sergeant is accused of exposing himself to a female EMS worker at the Engine 8 firehouse after she asked him for overtime.
International Car Theft Ring Busted in Maryland: Doesn’t it seem like we’re arresting an awful lot of internationally renowned criminals in the metro area lately? First there was that drug kingpin police found in a Silver Spring restaurant, and now Maryland officials broke up a major East Coast car-theft ring that ships luxury vehicles to West Africa and the Middle East. Nine people were arrested after a series of three raids across Prince George’s, Howard and Montgomery counties.
Briefly Noted: Metro Transit Police called ‘woefully inadequate’ … Federal judge declares Virginia rowdy-bar law unconstitutional … Pentagon officials in trouble for violating ethics rules by helping a Christian group produce a fundraising video.
This Day in DCist: In 2006 we were aghast to discover ballot stuffing on the part of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities when it came to choosing which two statues we’d like to have placed in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, and in 2004 we noted some tough talk from D.C. government regarding fighting to keep 15th St. open to traffic near the White House.
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