Crime Scene: November 22, 2009 - November 28, 2009
Soggy suspect gets caught
A chase for a suspect accused of breaking into a car turned into a rescue operation Friday morning after the man jumped into Rock Creek. The man, who District police said had been spotted breaking into a vehicle in the...
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Maria Glod
| November 28, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Someone else's bird in hand
It had to happen somewhere: A man in Michigan was being sought by police for stealing a turkey out of a family's freezer: Susan Sobiegray's attempts to help a homeless man backfired this week when he kicked in her front...
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| November 27, 2009; 12:03 PM ET |
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Fire in the fryer
My colleague Josh White had an interesting post last week about fire officials warning of the dangers of deep-frying a turkey. And lo, we find an example to prove their point....
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| November 27, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Say, how'd you get that black eye?
A policeman in Illinois showed up at work with a shiner he said he got when he was attacked in a mall parking lot -- and then things got interesting: Soon, an email began circulating, which police say seems to...
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| November 25, 2009; 4:40 PM ET |
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Detective's error prompts judge to toss out confession
A videotaped confession obtained by a Prince George's County homicide detective from a double-murder suspect has been tossed out by a judge, and an effort by prosecutors to have the state's highest court allow them to use the statement may delay the start of the trial.
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Ruben Castaneda
| November 25, 2009; 4:01 PM ET |
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The death of Sharon Moskowitz: Finally, charges in a 12-year mystery
Writing about crime can be grisly, sad and plenty of other adjectives that cause some people to steer clear of the topic. But for sure, crime is never dull. In fact, one of the most interesting moments for me as...
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Theola Labbé-DeBose
| November 25, 2009; 12:50 PM ET |
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Bittersweet ending in the serial smoocher case
Remember the serial smoocher? Well the story has kind of a bittersweet ending....
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| November 25, 2009; 12:07 PM ET |
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That's him, officer -- I'm sure of it
A sketch of a suspect that looked more like a child's doodle seems, amazingly, to have led to the capture of a murder suspect in Bogota, Colombia.
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| November 25, 2009; 12:00 PM ET |
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When crime scene photos are too gory
Sometimes, it appears, crime scene photos can be too gory even for prosecutors who want to convince jurors that someone is a cold-blooded killer. An example arose recently when Montgomery County prosecutors explained a strategy employed during a murder trial....
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Dan Morse
| November 25, 2009; 10:12 AM ET |
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Family sees pattern of clues in woman's disappearance
The second of two parts in Paul Duggan's excellent series about Pam Butler, the missing D.C. woman, can be read today: Romance is for younger folks, Thelma Butler said. Until she noticed a cluster of heart-shaped red balloons on sale...
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| November 25, 2009; 9:15 AM ET |
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D.C. detective's family mourns a son and an open case
The mourners circled around the fire hydrant in the darkness of an isolated stretch of Central Avenue, the exact spot where Marcel Dessin died one year ago. But they held candles that flickered in a misty drizzle to praise the...
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Clarence Williams
| November 25, 2009; 8:55 AM ET |
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Prison for Calif. anti-gang worker who worked for gang
A Los Angeles anti-gang intervention worker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a burglary he admitted was done for the benefit of a street gang.
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| November 25, 2009; 8:45 AM ET |
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Checking D.C.'s fire hydrants
NBC4 has a video that details the process used to check the status of D.C.'s thousands of fire hydrants. The report says 250 are checked each day. View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video. You can also see it on the...
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| November 25, 2009; 8:32 AM ET |
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Sometimes you just need a smoke...
What does it say about minimum-security prison when your inmates break out, commit theft and then return? It might be interesting to ask that of some folks in Tennessee: The state Department of Correction said two inmates escaped a minimum...
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| November 25, 2009; 8:14 AM ET |
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No closure in slaying of D.C. cop's son
With a D.C. police detective as his dad, Marcel Dessin seemed an unlikely candidate to become the face of an unsolved street killing.
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Matt Zapotosky
| November 24, 2009; 5:02 PM ET |
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Rising crime rate leveling off in Fairfax County
After two straight years of increases, the crime rate in Fairfax County may be leveling off, according to statistics released today that show a 1.7 percent decrease through the first nine months of 2009.
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Tom Jackman
| November 24, 2009; 4:08 PM ET |
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A win for embattled Bethesda physician
Suspended Bethesda physician Eric Greenberg -- the subject of a mugshot that stunned even longtime police officers -- is on a bit of a roll. A Montgomery County jury last week overturned his previous cocaine possession conviction, two months after...
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Dan Morse
| November 24, 2009; 2:20 PM ET |
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Greetings from the Pr. George's courthouse, jail
With this blog still less than a week old, I thought it made sense to introduce myself, my beat and some of the issues I'm covering. I cover the state court beat in Prince George's; I also write a lot...
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| November 24, 2009; 12:49 PM ET |
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A serial smoocher in Loudoun?
The first time the smoocher struck it was just after 9 a.m. Nov. 20. The man approached a woman jogging on Whitewater Drive in Sterling and held out his hand, as if to shake hers, Loudoun authorities said. The man...
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Maria Glod
| November 24, 2009; 12:03 PM ET |
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Ohio lawman convicted in theft case
Barry Carpenter, suspended police chief of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was found guilty of charges of theft and receiving stolen property, as well as tampering with evidence.
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| November 24, 2009; 11:59 AM ET |
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Man wanted in two D.C. bank robberies
Police departments are always looking for someone. Here's the latest suspect D.C. police have their sights set on, and want your help in locating.
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Theola Labbé-DeBose
| November 24, 2009; 11:35 AM ET |
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Note to criminals: ATMs not as dumb as they look
If you’re trying to get away with armed robbery, it is usually not a good idea for your or your friends to use the debit card you just stole. It gives police an easy way to track your movements, and a lot of ATMs are monitored by surveillance cameras these days.
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Matt Zapotosky
| November 24, 2009; 11:15 AM ET |
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Student convicted of murder starts his life anew
Students arrive on college campuses with all kinds of life stories. Mario Rocha's, however, is uncommon, as Daniel De Vise reports: Mario Rocha's first, spartan dorm room at George Washington University felt a little like solitary confinement. He should know....
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| November 24, 2009; 11:00 AM ET |
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Don't let your turkey deep-fry you
I've never really thought of deep-frying a turkey, but I know it's almost Thanksgiving because my e-mail inbox today included the annual warnings about the dangers of doing just that. Similar to the warnings about setting off fireworks on the...
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Josh White
| November 24, 2009; 10:24 AM ET |
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A perplexing unsolved case in D.C.
Please take time to read Paul Duggan's story about the disappearance of Pam Butler....
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| November 24, 2009; 9:10 AM ET |
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Bagel carts loaded? OK, let's roll
Albert would have been proud. From Orlando, the tale of the plucky bagel Einstein Brothers clerk: Sgt. Barbara Jones of the Orlando Police Department said the men tried to rob the restaurant, but one of the employees pushed a bagel...
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| November 24, 2009; 8:15 AM ET |
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Blackwater lawyers reprimanded ... for not double-spacing
Defense attorneys for five U.S. security contractors heading to trial on charges of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2007 got into BIG trouble Monday with the federal judge presiding over the case. No, they didn't leak classified information. No,...
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Del Wilber
| November 23, 2009; 5:18 PM ET |
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Pr. George's police bring charges in triple murder
Two eyewitnesses. That appears to be the extent of the police case against Moises Medina, who was charged last week in connection with a triple homicide outside a Landover Hills strip club in 2003. According to police charging documents, one...
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Matt Zapotosky
| November 23, 2009; 4:20 PM ET |
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Smile, you're (stealing) on Candid Camera
To a thief, those UPS packages sitting on a home's front stoop must be awfully tempting -- sort of the grab bag of larceny. You don't know what it is, but it must be worth something because someone took the...
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Josh White
| November 23, 2009; 2:54 PM ET |
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Cafritz will rebuild art collection after fire
The Post's Reliable Source blog has an interview with Peggy Cooper Cafritz, who earlier this year lost her historic D.C. mansion in a fire -- and whose Georgetown rental apartment was recently hit by another one. It was an unwelcome...
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| November 23, 2009; 1:07 PM ET |
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D.C. restaurant fire closes streets, empties building
A small grease fire in a downtown Washington restaurant caused a lot of noise and commotion Monday morning, but didn't amount to much. The fire broke out about 10:30 a.m. in ductwork at the Indian Express restaurant at 17 and...
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| November 23, 2009; 12:52 PM ET |
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Evidence, delicious evidence
Here's a man caught on camera eating suspected evidence. (The newscaster discussing this clip can perhaps be forgiven for his joke.)...
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| November 23, 2009; 10:32 AM ET |
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These motions will not be overruled
It was an emotional and heavy retirement ceremony at the District's federal courthouse on Nov. 13. Nancy Mayer-Whittington, the court's top clerk, was retiring after 18 years in that job. Friends, lawyers, judges and court officials testified for two hours...
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Del Wilber
| November 23, 2009; 9:57 AM ET |
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A 'skinky' smuggling attempt
Traveling this week? You never know who -- or what -- you'll be sitting next to on an airplane, especially if you're traveling through LAX: Michael Plank, 40, was detained by U.S. Customs agents after they discovered 15 live lizards...
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| November 23, 2009; 8:35 AM ET |
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Hate crimes, D.C. police and the gay and lesbian community
It was a day of disagreement between D.C. police and gay activitists over how the department handles hates crimes, and whether the community is being served by changes to the Gay, Lesbian Liason Unit.
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Theola Labbé-DeBose
| November 23, 2009; 7:30 AM ET |
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