Crime: D.C.’s ‘Real-Time Crime Center’, CAG’s Public Safety Efforts, Local Reports
• December 11, 2023

Yes, crime is up. But, so are public safety efforts.  From the Office of the Mayor, to Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s headquarters, to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, […]

Crime: Escapee Caught; Council Endorses Acting MPD Chief Smith; Police Burnout
• October 30, 2023

As crime in the nation’s capital continues to be a focus of nation-wide political attention, D.C Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council have shifted to a tougher stance on […]

Mayor’s Crime Bill, ACT Now, Seeks to Curb Violence, Retail Theft, Drug-dealing
• October 23, 2023

The unrelenting increase in crime in Washington, D.C. — particularly homicides, gun violence, carjacking and mass retail robberies —  has all the usually contentious District Council and Office of the Mayor clearly […]

Downtowner News Briefs: Congressman Carjacked, Biden Dog Bites Again
• October 10, 2023

Congressman Carjacked in Navy Yard Neighborhood; High Rate of Juvenile Carjackings Reported  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked recently by three armed attackers in the Navy Yard neighborhood. Police are […]

Crime: Organized Theft Groups, Grim Year-to-Date Stats, Local Reports
• July 31, 2023

Compounding local crime concerns, a new illicit phenomenon – Organized Theft Groups (OTGs) – have arrived in northwest D.C., terrifying shoppers and bystanders and forcing shops and stores to hire […]

Crime & Public Safety: Bodies in Potomac, Carjackings, Robberies
• April 18, 2022

Last week, two bodies were discovered in the Potomac River in the area of Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., in just as many days, according to the Metropolitan Police […]

Crime Report: Stolen Car, Almost Carjacking at 31st & N Streets, NW, Dec. 18
• December 20, 2021

From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown.  Top Story: There was a quasi-carjacking in Georgetown at 31st & N […]

Crime Report, Oct. 25: P St. Carjacking Arrest; More G.U. Bike Thefts
• October 25, 2021

From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown.  Oct. 24 – Homicide Arrest: Offense occurred on Oct. 5 in the 4900 […]

Shots Fired: Off-duty Cop Stops Carjacking on 28th St.
• October 20, 2021

Updated 5 p.m., Oct. 20: See additional information at the end of the story. An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer intervened in a robbery on the 1200 block of 28th […]

Saturday-Night Carjacking Ends Safely
• September 8, 2020

Approached on the sidewalk by the suspect as she parked her car, the victim was unharmed and her phone and car were recovered.