Over 50 Cars Broken Into in Woodley Park

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why people have car insurance

Yawn.

No, this is why people move out of the city. It gets old. Why invest tax dollars there when there’s so much nuisance and lawlessness ? This is how you drive out your tax base. Also you wouldn’t file an insurance claim on a car window it’s not worth the hike increase fool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why people have car insurance

Yawn.

A comprehensive claim against your insurance for vandalism can cause a rate increase.

Literally NO ONE in Woodley Park is unable to afford a rate increase.


Yawn, AGAIN.

Why would you want to give insurance companies more profit? They don't lose anything, it's a win win for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah. Bike-jackings will be next. Then they might care.

Maybe a dead body blocking the lane, that is about the only way they will take notice. Even than, it is questionable.

The bike bros will whine that the nearby residents have to keep the bike lane clear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way to get a handle on this is “mass incarceration” of “juvenile offenders”—here meaning up to age 26 evidently—and this will never, ever happen. DC government has no interest in protecting crime victims, those in positions of authority on such matters care only about the offenders. This is not going to change anytime soon.

Hard labor gangs for juvenile offenders could work in DC. They can be responsible for cleaning up all the broken glass from the smash and grab crimes, graffiti, litter, etc. Maybe even have them shovel the amazing bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

Yes you would think they would do some detective work. They could pull records from the scooter company and camera footage from homeowners. We used the DC rebate program ourselves to install cameras - now you are telling me they are not interested in footage when a crime is committed? I'm curious if the guy was wearing a mask in the footage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to get a handle on this is “mass incarceration” of “juvenile offenders”—here meaning up to age 26 evidently—and this will never, ever happen. DC government has no interest in protecting crime victims, those in positions of authority on such matters care only about the offenders. This is not going to change anytime soon.

Hard labor gangs for juvenile offenders could work in DC. They can be responsible for cleaning up all the broken glass from the smash and grab crimes, graffiti, litter, etc. Maybe even have them shovel the amazing bike lanes.

Yes, I too would like to see restorative justice like this..aren't criminals meant to "repair the harm" they caused the victim and community under restorative justice ? If not directly, indirectly in other creative ways? And they would even learn some job /life skills by having something asked of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

Yes you would think they would do some detective work. They could pull records from the scooter company and camera footage from homeowners. We used the DC rebate program ourselves to install cameras - now you are telling me they are not interested in footage when a crime is committed? I'm curious if the guy was wearing a mask in the footage.

+1

I totally believe this. A friend in DC followed three men who committed a crime as they fled and told police exactly where they were. They weren’t running, just walking down the street. The police never came. My friend called them three different times. It was completely absurd and showed me how dangerous DC is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Councilman Frumin’s crime meeting may have had the opposite affect.

https://wjla.com/news/local/vehicles-cars-broken-into-theft-break-in-stealing-overnight-northwest-washington-dc-cathedral-avenue-calvert-street-arrests-non-heartbroken-details#

From a comment "I have several extremely visible, fingerprints and handprints all over my vehicle and MPD won’t even come out"

So no finger print taking on victim's vehicles. If there were matches and prints in the system. But why bother since DC doesn't care. 15 years ago all along Wisconsin Ave you could go into Giants, Safeways, CVS etc and load body wash etc into baskets off shelves. Dove wasn't a prescription drug

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why people have car insurance

Yawn.

No, this is why people move out of the city. It gets old. Why invest tax dollars there when there’s so much nuisance and lawlessness ? This is how you drive out your tax base. Also you wouldn’t file an insurance claim on a car window it’s not worth the hike increase fool.

Car insurance is already going up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

I heard of another person who offered video to 2d re: another crime and had the same experience. Perhaps some of the reporters who have covered it can follow up, might be worth readers of this thread emailing to tweeting at some?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not every car on the block had anything visible, yet the window of each car was smashed. Seems largely destructive.

bored teenagers?

Maret students?

Nah.

It was 1 guy on an electric scooter. Just a lot of property damage for no real reason. Was not rifling cars. Just smashing glass.

Sounds like a road design issue.

If it’s a rented electric scooter, can’t we trace who was using it at 2 am on that street?

Chances are it's not legally rented, there are ways to get around that, stolen card, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not every car on the block had anything visible, yet the window of each car was smashed. Seems largely destructive.

bored teenagers?

Maret students?

Nah.

It was 1 guy on an electric scooter. Just a lot of property damage for no real reason. Was not rifling cars. Just smashing glass.

Sounds like a road design issue.

If it’s a rented electric scooter, can’t we trace who was using it at 2 am on that street?

Chances are it's not legally rented, there are ways to get around that, stolen card, etc.

Even still, that is a useful data point for detectives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

Yes you would think they would do some detective work. They could pull records from the scooter company and camera footage from homeowners. We used the DC rebate program ourselves to install cameras - now you are telling me they are not interested in footage when a crime is committed? I'm curious if the guy was wearing a mask in the footage.

+1

I totally believe this. A friend in DC followed three men who committed a crime as they fled and told police exactly where they were. They weren’t running, just walking down the street. The police never came. My friend called them three different times. It was completely absurd and showed me how dangerous DC is.

The police are not the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this seems like a teen boy prank with friends.

There is video, it was one man on a scooter. Not even ransacking cars, just destruction and damage to create harm.

Are police working to identify the rental scooter company?

Ha! Someone with Ring camera footage of the offender called in and then walked in to the 2nd District Station to offer it up. And they were rude and totally disinterested. When the city declines to prosecute anyone, the police consider it a waste of time to even go looking for offenders. Our city is broken, and f***ed.

That can't be true, can it? It would be so easy to track that suspect down through the scooter companies.

Yes you would think they would do some detective work. They could pull records from the scooter company and camera footage from homeowners. We used the DC rebate program ourselves to install cameras - now you are telling me they are not interested in footage when a crime is committed? I'm curious if the guy was wearing a mask in the footage.

I can confirm the police are not interested in video footage of crime. They are also not interested in Craigslist postings offering your stolen property for sale that pop up days after the theft.