Crime

District Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Sexually Abusing 10-Year-Old Girl

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 11th, 2012, 4:42pm

District Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Sexually Abusing 10-Year-Old Girl

From United States Attorney's Office: Matthew Jones Nelson, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 15 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to first-degree child sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual act with a 10-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.

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Homicide in the 3300 block of 14th Place, S.E.

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 2:40pm

From Araz Alali: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 3300 block of 14th Place, Southeast.

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Updated Seeking to Identify a Person of Interest in a Sexual Assault

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Friday, April 13th, 2012, 12:01pm

From Hugh Carew: The Metropolitan Police Department seeks the public’s assistance in attempting to identify a person of interest sought in connection with a Sexual Assault that occurred at a 1600 block of 21st *Place*, SE.

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District Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison For December 2010 Murder of Southwest Washington Woman

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Friday, March 23rd, 2012, 2:41pm

From U.S. Attorney's Office:

Shawn Davis, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the murder of a former girlfriend, who had turned to him for help within hours of suffering a painful leg injury, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.

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Homicide & Arrest: 3600 Block of Highwood Drive, SE

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Sunday, March 4th, 2012, 7:29pm

From Officer Paul Metcalf: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing which occurred in the 3600 block of Highwood Drive, SE.

On Sunday, March 4, 2012, at approximately 10:17 am units from the Sixth District responded to the 3600 block of Highwood Dr., SE to investigate the report of a male who had been stabbed.

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District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison In 2010 Slaying in Southeast

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012, 2:20pm

From the United States Attorney’s Office:

Katrell Henry, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 20 years in prison on charges stemming from the slaying last year of a man in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced. Henry was convicted by a jury in November 2011 of voluntary manslaughter while armed and three related firearms offenses. He was sentenced by the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz.

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WHS Protects and Serves DC Animals in 2011

Submitted by Washington Humane Society, Washington Humane Society

Friday, December 30th, 2011, 3:22pm

WHS Protects and Serves DC Animals in 2011

2011 has been another busy year for our field services team, comprised of our Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) and Animal Care and Control Officers. To date, our field services division has responded to nearly 15,000 new calls, including over 1,300 cases of animal cruelty and neglect investigated by our HLE officers.