Mar 17th 2009
Just like the AIDS/HIV epidemic in DC the drug PCP is making a strong come back.
Ten percent of adult defendants now test positive for the drug, the highest rate in five years, according to D.C. Pretrial Services. -- WaPo
This has caused crimes such as assault, murder, robbery and burglary to ...
Mar 11th 2009
It was another crazy day for U.S. Capitol Police. A man stopped to ask for directions, like most crazy people do, when the officer got suspicious and asked to search the persons vehicle. Upon a search the officer found,
two long rifles
three handguns
and a sword
This all happened at ...
Mar 4th 2009
Yesterday's press conference by the Mayor and Police Chief announced an arrest of an llegal immigrant from El Salvador, 27 year old Ingmar Guandique for the death of Chandra Levy. Ingmar has been charged with first-degree murder and is currently in prison on another charge in California.
Mar 2nd 2009
Mayor Fenty is going to make a announcement on the Chandra Levy case soon! Last week all major news outlets were reporting that they have cracked the case but nothing has happened since then.
Feb 18th 2009
Side note... Benita Jacks' house is up for sale.
The three bedroom, one-and-a-half bathroom home was originally listed for $149,000 - about the average for the neighborhood.
But after several open houses that only drew one person and an auction that didn't produce a buyer, Hill has lowered the price to $90,900 ...
Jan 29th 2009
Former Mayor and Ward 8 DC Council member Marion Barry has again not filed federal taxes.. Barry who is on probation till March of this year for not filing federal taxes for 2005 has failed again to file taxes for 2007. DC government currently withholds some ...
Jan 15th 2009
Yesterday was an odd day to say the least. I was on my way to a talk about Web 2.0 and the Government (Social Media Club DC) and I was jumped about 300 feet from the building that I live in by a bunch of middle school thugs. ...
Jan 2nd 2009
The numbers are out and the grand total of homicides for the District are slightly up from last year. In 2007 there were 181 homicides and last year (2008) there were 186. The District is seeing far less homicides then it did back in 1991 when it ...
Dec 18th 2008
Update: Hotel was at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Georgetown @ 4:55am
This morning on her way to interview Mayor Fenty with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC was mugged while waiting for her driver. This is not good news for DC nor the Hotel. Does anyone know what hotel this is?
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