We’re a little behind on our reporting on this but on Monday at about 1:15 pm I received an automated text alert from Alert DC that there had been a bank robbery on the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Local news outlets did not seem to pick up the story, but we now have […]
Last night Hill East residents met with local police officers and detectives from the carjacking unit at the PSA 107 meeting at Liberty Baptist Church, located at 527 Kentucky Ave, SE. Approximately 20 residents were in attendance for the discussion with MPD Lieutenant Daniel Ewell (daniel.ewell@dc.gov), Sergeant Mike Architzel (michael.architzel@dc.gov), and four officers who cover […]
Police have arrested 17- year-old Jeffrey Britt for the shooting murder of George Rawlings, who was gunned down while boarding a bus on H Street NE last week, the DC Metropolitan Police Department announced today. The arrest was made Nov. 13th in Landover, Md. Britt, of no fixed address, was charged with first degree murder while […]
Living in Capitol Hill for the past three years has been a real pleasure and a joy. But there are always moments that rock me to the core — moments that remind me that Capitol Hill is part of a big city with big city problems, and that it behooves me to watch out and […]
Generally, I prefer to discuss items that are safely consigned to history when I post here, but recent events in my little corner of the Hill have forced me to confront “real” life. The last month or so has brought an upsurge in rock throwing incidents by students from Eliot-Hine Jr. High. The pattern is […]