NBC 4: Euro Styles Robbery

NBC 4 has more on yesterday's robbery and assault of the owner at Euro Styles. I hope Mo's ok. He really is a nice guy.

Crime News

The Checker's on Maryland is taking additional security measures after a patron was raped shortly after leaving the establishment (she encountered her assailants inside Checker's and the followed her), and another couple were beaten just outside. They've installed security cameras (there are now reported to be nine cameras on the property).

The Capitol Hill Robbery Spree is getting some attention. Ward 6 Council Member Tommy Well's is calling for additional foot and bike patrols. In a related note, Wells is looking at activites for youth this summer to make sure there are enough positive options to keep kids busy this summer. NBC4 covers the mini-crime wave and interviews ANC Commissioner Joe Fengler about his recent involvement in an incident.

CVS Robbed

I've gotten a report that the CVS at the Starburst intersection (the hub where several streets meet and H Street turns into Benning Road) was robbed. There were no injuries, but an elderly woman fainted (EMS was on the scene). An earlier version of this posting did not display correctly, so sorry if you saw only the combination of two sentences.

Update on Situation Last Night

I'm not sure why this event isn't bigger news, but I can't find it on the news websites & the Post has it buried over in the District Briefing section. Essentially the situation began when police gave chase to a red Jeep containing four robbery suspects. This was at around 9:30. Three of the suspects were arrested at that point (they were teens). The fourth suspect jumped into another car and sped off. At some point a bicyclist was hit by one of the cars (last night ABC News 7 reported that this occurred at 6th & Florida, but I don't know if that is accurate). The bicyclist was treated for minor injuries. The driver shot at police while driving, but no officers were hit. He drove into Capitol Hill, crashed the car and ran into a rowhouse on Mass Ave (8th & Mass). A man in the house hit the suspect with a frying pan and then fled outside with his wife and dog. The suspect surrendered to police around midnight. Why isn't this bigger news?

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Ask & ye shall receive. Here are the stories I couldn't find earlier:
Read the story & watch the video from WUSA9, NBC News 4, Fox News 5,or ABC 7 News (this one is from last night, and appears in the post below). Sorry it wasn't updated before, but the network problems here were followed by Blogger server issues. DCist has a story on all of this. What a day!