One of the most gruesome images one can come across is that of a hacked-off limb. To shield your sensitive eyes, we decided to post this photo of a fairly innocent-looking machete. This one isn’t curved like normal ones are, but you get the point. To the friendly local satellite organizations for Central American-based gangs, the wielding of a machete carries with it more gravitas than ever before. The AP, via WTOP, reports that the…

Yeah, it’s raining (this DCist left his umbrella at the office, super!) and there are weather-related problems all over the region, including flooding. And look at the traffic from this D.C. traffic cam looking at the Suitland Parkway approach to the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Southeast. And it’s going to be in the 20s tomorrow morning. Summer was bound to end sometime. And there are 15-minute delays on the Yellow and Green lines in…

It’s been a busy day for crime and justice news. A quick roundup … The Post notes that a charter bus was stolen from South Capitol Street, but was found later in Prince George’s County. Also three Colorado teenagers have been arrested on drug, weapons and illegal possession of fireworks charges when they drove their recreational vehicle into a restricted traffic zone near the White House. When security officials stopped the vehicle at 17th and…

Gang leaders in Los Angeles are complaining that their subsidiaries in the Washington area are not getting serious about criminal enterprise. The Post has explored the expanding suburban gang underworld in a series that started Sunday and it says on the gang front, things could get a lot worse, especially with the Salvadoran gang known as Mara Salvatruchas. From the Post: Although police in Northern Virginia have been seeing more drugs during arrests of local…