Crime Report: Knife-Wielding Robber Arrested in Shaw
Police arrested a man for flashing a knife and robbing a person in Shaw early yesterday morning, said Third District Commander Jeffrey Carroll.
According to Carroll, the alleged robber flashed a knife and took a person’s cell phone near the intersection of 10th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW around midnight yesterday.
Police were able to locate the suspect a short time later and place arrest him for robbery, Carroll added.
Similarly, another cell phone robber was arrested around the same time on the 1400 block of U Street NW, said Carroll.
In other crime news:
Police said two robberies occurred near Shaw and Logan Circle early yesterday morning.
obbery at 0019 hrs in the 900 block of T street NW Lookout for B/M white shirt and blue skinny jeans, B/M Black shirt and skinny jeans
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) October 11, 2015
robbery at 0013 hrs in the 1500 block of 10th street Lookout for 2B/M wearing blue jeans and dark shirts
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) October 11, 2015
Police were also on the lookout for two alleged robbers in Columbia Heights on Saturday night.
Robbery at 2146 hrs at 11th and Irving street NW Lookout for 2B/M In a silver vehicle
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) October 11, 2015
