Melanie Sloan wasn’t expecting a delivery when she heard her doorbell ring shortly after 6pm Monday evening. Waiting on her doorstep was a package delivered by FedEx; the FedEx driver left the package on her doorstep and drove away before Sloan could reach her door. Although the address on the package was correct, Sloan didn’t recognize [...]
Entries Tagged as 'MPD'
FedEx Delivers Illegal Narcotics to Hill Home
February 24th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Capitol Hill North
Carjackings – Where We Stand
February 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Capitol Hill
After a spike in the number of carjackings in late 2009, Councilmember Wells and Chief Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department promised a number of results at a community meeting on December 21st. So, how are they doing? Well, first, they promised to get back to us in 30 to 45 days with another meeting, [...]
Fighting Back – The Community Organizes Against Carjackers
December 22nd, 2009 · 10 Comments · Capitol Hill, New Hill East
Despite the still treacherous streets and sidewalks, roughly 75 people showed up last night at Options Public Charter School to hear more about the city’s response to the recent spate of carjackings on Capitol Hill, with a focus on those in PSA 103. Councilmember Wells, ANC Commissioner 6A05 Mary Beatty, Chief Lanier, and other police [...]
Community Carjacking Meeting Scheduled for Tonight
December 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill, New Hill East
As we’ve written about three times here at THIH, there has been a rash of carjackings in the area. According to police, the increase in car thefts with deadly weapons is up city-wide, but the crimes have hit especially close to home in the last three weeks, as chronicled yesterday by the Washington Post. Photo [...]
Combating Juvenile Violence – From the Personal to the Practical
November 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · New Hill East, Stadium Armory
For those of you who subscribe to the Police Department’s First District listserv, you may already know that two juveniles were arrested last Friday in at least some degree of connection with the rock throwing incident that I first wrote about two weeks ago. I’m personally grateful to the timely intervention of two MPD officers, [...]
PSA 107 Meeting: Recent Successes Includes Arrests in Armed Carjacking, Safeway Robberies
November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · New Hill East
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 [...]
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First Person: The Rock-Throwing, Nihilistic Youth Activity on A Street, SE
November 12th, 2009 · 21 Comments · New Hill East
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 [...]
Not Safe on the Sidewalk: a Cautionary Yard Sale Tale
October 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Capitol Hill
Having a yard sale is highly entertaining way to spend an afternoon, provided you earn enough to post bail. The treasures, oddities and great steals you find, they’re the thing of fiction. All those Antique Roadshows can’t lie. Yet, suddenly, yard sales are in the news — and coming to the attention of the MPD, [...]
Three Knifepoint Robberies on the Hill in Less Than a Week
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Capitol Hill North
The Hill is Home is monitoring reports of incidents involving muggings at knifepoint in recent days. Last Friday two individuals were robbed together by a group of two to three males believed to be 20 and under at 10th and D NE. The incident happened in broad daylight, according to alerts and MPD-1D listserv information [...]
