WUSA9’s Bruce Johnson and Danielle Gill were attacked by a woman while reporting on a story yesterday.
A pregnant woman’s fetus has died after the mother was stabbed and seriously injured in a home invasion early Thursday morning in the Washington Highlands neighborhood, police said.
Couple of headlines on local crime trends from the broadcast outlets worth looking at today. First up is WRC/NBC4’s story from last night on snatch ‘n’ grab robberies on Metro, but given that “special” NBCWashington.com treatment this morning by calling it, “Metro Opens Doors … For Robbers.” Scared yet? Of course you are, but don’t worry, the story is really about how robbers are targeting Metro commuters to make quick grabs for purses, cell…
The Post’s Matt Zapotosky is reporting that a woman was held at gunpoint in her home in Oxon Hill this morning during a home-invasion robbery perpetrated by three men. The men, at least one wearing a mask and two said to be armed with guns, broke into the woman’s apartment in the 1400 block of Southern Ave., just across the street from the District border, at about 8 a.m. this morning. The report notes that…
D.C. Police announced Thursday that they have made an arrest in the April 6 sexual assault of a female victim inside her home in the 1500 block of Marion Street NW. Police say physical evidence linked a suspect to the attack, and 25-year-old George Leroy Clowers of no fixed address has since been arrested and charged with first degree sexual abuse and burglary one. The crime was the sort that gives city-dwelling women everywhere nightmares:…
Police Third District Inspector Edward Delgado sent this message out to Columbia Heights residents this morning via the 3D email list:I find it to be my responsibility to alert you of a new trend (Home Invasion) within the Washington region that could pose a threat to the Columbia Heights Neighborhood. The common method of operation is that someone unexpectedly either knocks or bangs on your door. Upon opening the door to ascertain what the…
WJLA is all over the news that Montgomery County investigators linked DNA evidence from the crime scene of the homicide of a Bethesda area woman to two other home-invasion burglaries in the neighborhood. There have been a series of six similar home-invasions in the general area from Potomac to The Palisades over the last year, the most recent one resulting in the killing of Mary Havenstein, 63. The DNA evidence now shows that at least…