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Mar 04, 2021

DC Harvest Suffers Third Break-In This Year, Joins Alarming Trend Of Burglarized Local Restaurants

The H Street eatery falls victim – again – to a spate of restaurant break-ins that have occurred since the pandemic began.

Oct 24, 2016

D.C. Teens Sentenced For Robbery After Luring Victims Through Online Marketplace

They were charged as adults and given eight years each.

Feb 05, 2016

Police Arrest 13 Robbery Suspects In The Past Week

In total, the suspects allegedly committed 19 robberies.

Jul 29, 2015

Police Investigating a Series of Possibly Related Robberies

Police believe six robberies that occurred early Tuesday morning are possibly related.

Jun 19, 2015

iPhone 6 Owners Should Watch Out For Robbers, Metro Warns

WMATA has seen an uptick in robberies involving the Apple phone on parts of the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines, and they believe that many of the cases involve the same suspect or group of suspects.

Jan 27, 2014

Man Arrested For Stealing Margo The Dog Also Charged With Seven Other Burglaries

19-year-old Reshawn Devonta Peay was charged with burglarizing eight Northeast D.C. homes between December 3 and January 23, when Margo was taken from her home in Kingman Park.

Nov 01, 2013

Police Looking For Bandit Who Allegedly Robs Convenience Stores By Confusing Clerks

According to police, in each incident, the suspect hands a clerk a $100 bill, disputes the change he receives, confuses the clerk and leaves the business with the change and the $100 bill.

Feb 16, 2012

Two Arrests Made, But More Robberies Reported

After a rash of robberies has put residents and police in the District on high alert, everyone seemed to sign a breath of relief last night when police announced that they had made two arrests. But then there were three more robberies this morning.

Feb 10, 2012

Lanier, Gray Warn Of Thefts of Phones

Most everyone has a smart phone these days, and plenty of people aren’t discrete about using them out in the open. But for D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, every smart phone user is a potential victim, and today she joined Mayor Vince Gray in warning of a citywide uptick in robberies and thefts of phones and other electronic gadgets.

Dec 11, 2010

The Saturday Morning Post

Photo by philliefan99. Morning Washington. It’s the holiday party season, and I’m sure many of you, along with me, are recovering from one of the many holiday parties on your calendar this month. >> Your weekend metro track maintenance is affecting the Red, Blue, and Orange lines. Metro will be working to repair the track switches at the Forest Glen station, a recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board. Additionally, Metro will be installing…

 
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