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Man Threatened To Rape DC Commuter As Bystanders Did Nothing, She Says In Viral TikTok Man Threatened To Rape DC Commuter As Bystanders Did Nothing, She Says In Viral TikTok
Man Threatened To Rape DC Commuter As Bystanders Did Nothing, She Says In Viral TikTok Helen Molteni takes the metro to her D.C. job everyday, but on Wednesday, July 27, her usual commute took a turn for the worse.  The Arlington, VA resident told her story in a tearful, 3-minute-long TikTok video saying nearly 20 bystanders and police did nothing while she was threatened to be raped and harassed by a man at the Foggy Bottom station. "Even after two phone calls with police, I don't think anyone cares," Molteni said in the video. "I don't think I'll get the help I need unless I reach out to a different audience." Molteni was waiting at the station when a man, who appeared to…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Popular Fireworks Stand Worker, Bicyclist Killed By Pickup Driver In DC July 4th Weekend Popular Fireworks Stand Worker, Bicyclist Killed By Pickup Driver In DC July 4th Weekend
Popular Fireworks Stand Worker, Bicyclist Killed By Pickup Driver In DC July 4th Weekend Police have identified the bicyclist and fireworks stand worker struck and killed by a pickup truck driver suffering a medical episode July 4th weekend in Washington DC. The Chevrolet Silverado driver had lost consciousness when he struck the westbound bicyclist — identified as 70 year-old Michael Hawkins Randall — on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue around 5:40 p.m. Saturday, July 2, Metro police said. The Silverado then continued across the westbound and eastbound lanes and struck 64 year-old Charles Jackson, who was working in a fireworks stand. The vehicle came to rest on the eas…

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by Cecilia Levine