On Sunday police arrested a suspect in the unprovoked attack of a female walking from Harris Teeter in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Police brought in a juvenile suspect at his residence without incident, MPD-1D Commander David Kamperin notified the local police listserv. At a community meeting Thursday evening, police had told the […]
Last night the auditorium at Tyler Elementary School was filled with more than 100 concerned residents, anxious to hear a response from MPD and Councilmember Tommy Wells regarding the recent increase of violent crime near Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Chief Cathy Lanier and more than 15 members of the police and housing police force were on […]
Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells called for citizens concerned about recent crimes to attend the community PSA 106 meeting Thursday, Dec. 2nd at 7pm, at Tyler Elementary School, at the corner of 10th and G Street SE. “While crime in general has gone down in Ward 6 – if you’re the victim, any crime is […]
Two Sunday crimes that have alarmed many in the community — a seemingly unprovoked, vicious attack on a woman walking from Harris Teeter around 3 PM Sunday, by one among a group of four young men, resulting in substantial facial injury and the unrelated shooting of a man nearby — has prompted the First District Police […]
David recently shared that he and another THIH writer both recently had their houses broken into, and were told by the police that there has been a recent surge in robberies on Capitol Hill. After reader David’s post, a reader shared another story with us that we wanted to pass on. One of the best […]