The Metropolitan Police Department has issued a call for assistance from the public in identifying a person of interest in a burglary that took place on September 23, 2015 in the 4100 block of Fessenden Street, NW at approximately 1:01 a.m.
Early Labor Day morning an attempted armed robbery took place in Tenleytown in front of the Cityline at Tenley condominiums. The incident appears related to two other robberies that occurred on Monday.
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Police Chief Cathy Lanier, in an email to MPD listservs today, shared the Metropolitan Police Department’s analysis of the recent rise in violent crime in the District. In the brief report, Lanier sought to place D.C. in the context of a national trend of rising crime facing major cities.
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Overall property crime is up in AU Park, Friendship Heights, and Tenleytown this month, increasing 71 percent compared to April. The rise is driven mostly by car break-ins in residential areas and retail thefts in the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor, according to MPD Second District Commander Melvin Gresham.
Read moreThe Metropolitan Police Department, via Twitter, shared a look out for two black male teenagers between 15 and 17 years of age, who may have been involved in a robbery at 48th and Brandywine Streets at 4:20 p.m. today. The first suspect is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall with a dark complexion and wearing a white T-shirt and jeans.
Read moreBrown cardboard packages delivered to front stoops have become a sign of the holiday season, as people shop online or send gifts to loved ones across the country. Unfortunately, thieves are looking to snap up those boxes before their rightful owners can bring them inside. In a email Monday evening, Commander Michael Reese of the Metropolitan Police Department notified residents of the Second
Read moreThe American University Department of Public Safety notified the AU community today of two “stalking incidents” that took place late last night and early this morning along Nebraska Avenue near the university campus. In a crime alert, AUDPS wrote that: During the late last evening (Nov. 19) and early this morning (Nov. 20), two (2) stalking incidents were reported to
Read moreCrime in the AU Park, Tenleytown, and Friendship Heights area declined over the last month, even as rates increased across the 2nd Police District as a whole.
Read moreA recent spate of burglaries in the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District, which encompasses most of Washington, D.C.’s northwest quadrant, has residents understandably concerned. This past Tuesday, September 7, 11 burglaries were reported in a single 24-hour period in the Second District, including two in our own neighborhood on Butterworth Place. At a September 24 meeting, Commander Michael Reese reported
Read moreThrough the quick action of a school resource officer the perpetrator of a sexual assault against a juvenile in Tenleytown was apprehended late last week. While burglaries, thefts, and thefts from autos remained the most prevalent crimes across the Second District (MPD 2D) and the Tenleytown area.
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