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Armed Robber Using Fire Extinguisher To Target DC Convenience Stores Identified, Police Say Armed Robber Using Fire Extinguisher To Target DC Convenience Stores Identified, Police Say
Armed Robber Using Fire Extinguisher To Target DC Convenience Stores Identified, Police Say The man who used fire extinguishers during a string of armed robberies in Washington DC has been apprehended in Maryland, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Raham Barnes, 42, of Upper Marlboro, was been identified as the suspect who has been terrorizing several convenience stores in Northwest and Northeast DC over the past month, authorities announced. The first robbery in DC Metropolitan Police Department Barnes has been linked to at least four armed robberies over the course of a week when he used a fire extinguisher to cause chaos before stealing cash from registers. R…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
DC Youth Curfew Enforcement DC Youth Curfew Enforcement
DC Youth Curfew Enforcement Summer is coming to a close, schools are reopen, and there is a new curfew being enacted for the youth in Washington, DC.  As of Friday, Sept. 1, the "Juvenile Curfew Enforcement Pilot" took effect in the District as officials keep working to curtail the rash of violence that has placed DC in 2023. The curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Sundays through Thursdays, and 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. on weekends. "The vast majority of our young people are doing the right thing – they are back in school, they are involved in extracurriculars, and in the evenings and at night, they are w…

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Woman Stabbed On Metro Train In DC; Heavy-Set Suspect At Large (DEVELOPING) Woman Stabbed On Metro Train In DC; Heavy-Set Suspect At Large (DEVELOPING)
Woman Stabbed On Metro Train In DC; Heavy-Set Suspect At Large (Developing) A stabbing suspect is at large in Washington, DC after attacking a person at the Columbia Heights Metro Station, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 11, Metro Transit Police Department officers responded to a reported assault on a train at the station on 14th Street in Northwest DC. One person suffered a stab wound and was taken to an area hospital by paramedics to treatment and evaluation of non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials. Police described the suspect as being heavy set with glasses who was last seen leaving the…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say 'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say
'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say Two children coming home from elementary school on Wednesday afternoon were among three shot by “an idiot with a gun” coming off a Washington DC Metrobus, officials announced. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said that at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, a fight started inside a bus near 14th Street and Fort Stevens that resulted in the children accidentally being struck by errant gunfire. Chief Contee provides an update to the shooting that occurred in the 6000 block of 14TH Street, Northwest. https://t.co/T3u3ApbPK2 — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) January 11,…

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Third Man Apprehended For Murder Of 30-Year-Old Maryland Man In DC, Police Announce Third Man Apprehended For Murder Of 30-Year-Old Maryland Man In DC, Police Announce
Third Man Apprehended For Murder Of 30-Year-Old Maryland Man In DC, Police Announce Authorities announced a third arrest in connection to the 2020 murder of a Maryland man in Washington, DC. Steven Washington, 23, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed for his role in the fatal shooting of Greenbelt resident Nurudeen Thomas, 30, in July 2020. In June, two others, a 22-year-old man and a 23-year-old man from Lawrenceville, Georgia, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, according to investigators. Shortly after 5 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, members of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to a reported sh…

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by Zak Failla