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Good Samaritan Helps Officers Capture Stabbing Suspect Fleeing Montgomery County To DC: Police
A District man seemingly randomly stabbed a 66-year-old woman sitting alone on a bench in Montgomery County before attempting to take off on foot back toward DC, though a Good Samaritan wasn't about to let him get away that easy. Dwayne Johnson, 39, has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses following a reported stabbing early on Monday morning in Chevy Chase, police say. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 16, officers from the Montgomery County Police Department, Metro Transit Police Department and the DC Metropoli…
Police & Fire
Police Probing Alleged Attempted Sexual Assault In Alexandria Alleyway By Man Who Escaped
A woman was able to wriggle free and save herself in Alexandria after a reported attempted sexual assault in an otherwise quaint neighborhood on Monday morning, police say. Shortly after midnight on Feb. 5, officers from the Alexandria Police Department responded to the 2200 block of Main Line Boulevard to investigate an attempted sexual assault that had just taken place. According to officials, a woman said that she was walking down an alleyway when an unknown person attempted to sexually assault her, though he was able to get away. Responding officers were able to spot the man, but he es…
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Former DC Metro Officer Gets Prison Time For Beating Unarmed Transit Rider
A former Washington DC Metro Transit (MTPD) officer will spend time on the other side of the prison bars for beating an unarmed rider with a metal baton during a bout of rage, federal authorities announced. Former Officer Andra Vance was sentenced on Wednesday to one year and one day in prison, followed by a year of supervised release for a civil rights violation that was reported in February 2018. “This sentencing should make clear that officers who abuse their authority will be held accountable, regardless of whether their actions occur on public streets or inside public transit systems,”…
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Switchblade-Wielding Man Who Returned To Scene Of DC Metro Station Crime Gets Prison Time: Feds
The District man who pulled a switchblade on a Metro rider after stealing his backpack is heading to prison, federal authorities announced. Nwabueze Igwe, 32, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted over the summer of robbing a man at knifepoint in Northwest DC earlier this year. According to court documents, on Monday, Feb. 13, Igwe approached a stranger on the Metro and began shouting at him as they were traveling on the Green Line, and when the train reached the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, he took the man's North Face backpack. When the victim asked Igwe t…
Police & Fire
Alert Issued After Man Critically Stabbed On Metrobus In Northwest DC
A reward is being offered as Metro Transit Police Department investigators continue their search for a man who stabbed a rider on a MetroBus repeatedly over the weekend. At approximately 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, police say that a bearded man (see above) stabbed a someone while aboard a 31/33 Route Metrobus near the intersection of 34th Street NW and Wisconsin Avenue NW. The man was stabbed repeatedly and rushed to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. It is unclear whether he had been discharged as of Monday afternoon. Anyone with information regarding the wan…
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Who Sodomized Virginia Shopper In Custody: Police
Authorities have arrested a man who they say sexually assaulted and hit a woman with a box cutter in Arlington over the weekend. Khalil Gray, 23, has been charged with forcible sodomy, abduction with intent to defile, malicious wounding, and robbery, in connection with the 8:30 p.m. incident in Crystal City on Saturday, July 22, police said. Officers were called to the 1900 block of South Bell Street on reports of a woman who was attacked by Gray while walking in the Crystal City Shops, Arlington police said. Armed with a box cutter, Gray demanded cash and stole the woman's cellphone, then…
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Woman Stabbed On Metro Train In DC; Heavy-Set Suspect At Large (
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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…
Police & Fire
Man Stabbed On U Street Metro Station On Monday, Metropolitan Police Say (
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A man was stabbed on a Metro platform in Washington, DC on Monday afternoon, according to Transit Police. Officers from the Metro Transit Police Department responded at approximately 4:20 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, to a reported stabbing on the platform of the U Street station that led to delays for travelers during the afternoon commute. UPDATED: Green Line Alert: Trains are single tracking btwn U St & Georgia Ave due to a police investigation at U Street . Expect delays in both directions — Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) February 27, 2023 Police said that one man was transporte…
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Man Fatally Struck By Train in Northern VA: Metro Transit Police (
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Officials confirmed that a man was struck and killed by a train at the Dunn Loring-Merrifield station in Vienna on Wednesday afternoon. The Metro Transit Police Department was called shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to the station to investigate reports of a person who was struck by a train and reportedly dragged. MTPD is on scene at Dunn Loring Station investigating a person struck by a train. Follow @Metrorailinfo and @Metrobusinfo for service information. Updates to follow. #wmata — Metro Transit Police (@MetroTransitPD) February 15, 2023 At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Wedn…
Police & Fire
Teen Killed At Congress Heights Metro Station Is First Known Homicide In DC In New Year
Gunshots rang out at the Congress Heights Metro station in Southeast DC on Monday night, leaving one teen dead and a second hospitalized, according to police. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, members of the Metropolitan Police and Metro Transit Police departments were called to the station on Alabama Avenue SE when an employee reported hearing gunshots in the bus bay. Metro Transit Police Deputy Chief George Nader said that within minutes, officers arrived at the scene and found two teens suffering from gunshot wounds, one of whom was already being administered CPR by an MPD office…
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See Something, Say Something: Virginia Hotel Rape Suspect Busted Following Community Tips
Community members in Fairfax County saw something and said something to help swiftly lead police to apprehend a wanted rape suspect who assaulted a woman at a Maryland hotel. Police say that community tips led them to identify Patrick Craig Locke, 30, of Washington, DC, who was arrested at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Metro Center Station following an investigation into a rape earlier this month. Locke’s arrest came hours after the Fairfax County Police Department issued an alert and provided fresh surveillance photos of their suspect to the public, which came through. “Detectives rec…
Police & Fire
DC Police Nab Stabbing Suspect In Metro Center Incident
D.C. metro police have arrested the suspect in a recent stabbing incident, officials said.On August 23, Antownne Turner, 51, stabbed two victims at around 3:50 p.m. on the Red Line platform, according to the Metro Transit Police Department. The male victim, who Turner stabbed in the stomach during an argument, is in serious but stable condition, officials said. The female victim was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was later released, authorities reported. Turner was placed into police custody, officials said.
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