Crime Scene Archive: The Criminal Mind

My Car Break-In, Caught on Video

I am the kind of city dweller who is on guard nearly all of the time. You won't find me walking around listening to music on my iPod, texting on my Blackberry, or carrying my wallet in my hand (the...

By Theola Labbé-DeBose  | February 4, 2011; 10:42 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
Categories:  Crime, Seen, Personal Safety, The Criminal Mind, The District, Theola Labbé-DeBose  
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O'Malley, Mikulski continue push to jam call phones at prisons

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Sen. Barbara Mikulski cited test results released Wednesday on cell phone jamming equipment at a federal prison to support federal legislation allowing states to stop prisoners from using contraband cell phones. The test was conducted...

By Washington Post Editors  | May 13, 2010; 8:26 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
Categories:  Maryland, Politics, Stafford, The Criminal Mind  
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'End of an era' in D.C. police public information office

You may not remember seeing two officers standing in the background during dozens of televised news conferences about high-profile D.C. cases, but they were there. You may not recognize their names from hundreds -- if not thousands -- of newspaper,...

By Clarence Williams  | April 23, 2010; 10:17 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
Categories:  Clarence Williams, The Criminal Mind  
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In Anacostia, a holiday party hold-up

A D.C. resident has shared a harrowing tale of neighborhood crime -- with a holiday twist -- on a District blog. On Friday night, David Garber wrote on the Anacostia Now blog, Garber was hosting a party at his house...

By Theola Labbé-DeBose  | December 21, 2009; 2:02 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
Categories:  Personal Safety, The Criminal Mind, The District, Theola Labbé-DeBose  
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Does crime follow the weather report?

Maybe people steal what they need. Two days before Washington's first snowfall -- when the media were going nuts about the impending flakes -- the weekly crime report told of the theft of this item from a house on West...

By Martin Weil  | December 8, 2009; 10:35 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Fairfax, Martin Weil, The Criminal Mind  
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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...

By Theola Labbé-DeBose  | November 25, 2009; 12:50 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (5)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Homicide, The Criminal Mind, The District, Theola Labbé-DeBose, Updates  
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