5D Community, Mark your Calendars. Tell a Neighbor. Bring a Friend. See you there The third Wednesday of every month, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Metropolitan Police Department PSA 501 Community Meeting Date: Wednesday February 17, 2010 Location: St. Martins Church 1908 North Capitol Street NW Contact: 202 698-0188
Over the past 3 weeks, there have been a number of robberies at gun point and with violence. These incidents have taken place closed to but not within our neighborhood. Until yesterday, the closest locations had been First ST NE at NY Avenue and N. Capitol Street at Florida Avenue NE. On Monday, October 26, … More Safety Alert – Recent Robberies at Gun Point
Our area has experienced decline in crime over the past 5 years. It is note worthy for our safety to note the increase in recent robberies taking place within the outskirts of our neighborhood. Many of the robberies have take place toward Rhode Island, but recently we are experiencing robberies closer to us. Friday for … More Recent Rush of Crime Activity – SAFELY ALERT
Sep 04, 2009 | By: Lou Chibbaro Jr. About 250 people gathered amid raindrops in Northwest D.C. last week to remember a 21-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death as she and a friend were walking to the offices of a transgender services organization. Read the rest of the Washington Blade story.
From a Bates Area resident: I live on Bates and follow this blog regularly. My husband and I got home tonight and noticed the police van on the corner of Bates & 1st. We wondered what’s going on so we talked to our next door neighbor. We found out that another neighbor was mugged on … More Taking care of our Neighbors – Mugging on Bates
I got off the G-2 a few minutes ago to find crime scene tape blocking off part of the 200 block of Q St. NW. A Channel 5 newsman told me that two people had been stabbed; one of them killed. The official word via the MPD listserv: Today at approximately 1430 hours the Fifth … More Crime Scene
The July 2009 Fifth District Court Report & Papered Arrests has been posted to the US DOJ website. Here is the link: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/dc/Community_Prosecution/Court_Reports There are a number of papered arrests in the Bates area and surrouding neighborhoods for the month of July.
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As Chair of the Public Safety Committee, I need your input and feedback regarding whether we should post local neighborhood crimes on the blog or not. Until I receive some feedback, you may pull local crime reports through the web http://www.crimereports.com Regards, Geovani Bonilla
Bates Area Civic Association 