Tenleytown "The Hobo" Duane presence outside CVS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of sock puppeting here.

If not, maybe ya'll are racists. I'm a white middle-aged lady and have only had pleasant interactions with him as I said upthread.

Also, if he's muttering under his breath, you must be awfully close to him.

Why is your story the one everyone is supposed to believe?

He does rant and yell sometimes. He does pee in the parking lot next to the fenced dumpsters.

It is not racist to say what occurs.

You should stop watching him when he pees - that's weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of sock puppeting here.

If not, maybe ya'll are racists. I'm a white middle-aged lady and have only had pleasant interactions with him as I said upthread.

Also, if he's muttering under his breath, you must be awfully close to him.

Why is your story the one everyone is supposed to believe?

He does rant and yell sometimes. He does pee in the parking lot next to the fenced dumpsters.

It is not racist to say what occurs.

You should stop watching him when he pees - that's weird.

Seriously. Not everyone has a home to pee in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of sock puppeting here.

If not, maybe ya'll are racists. I'm a white middle-aged lady and have only had pleasant interactions with him as I said upthread.

Also, if he's muttering under his breath, you must be awfully close to him.

Why is your story the one everyone is supposed to believe?

He does rant and yell sometimes. He does pee in the parking lot next to the fenced dumpsters.

It is not racist to say what occurs.

You should stop watching him when he pees - that's weird.

Seriously. Not everyone has a home to pee in.

He could if you let him live with you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of sock puppeting here.

If not, maybe ya'll are racists. I'm a white middle-aged lady and have only had pleasant interactions with him as I said upthread.

Also, if he's muttering under his breath, you must be awfully close to him.

Why is your story the one everyone is supposed to believe?

He does rant and yell sometimes. He does pee in the parking lot next to the fenced dumpsters.

It is not racist to say what occurs.

You should stop watching him when he pees - that's weird.

Seriously. Not everyone has a home to pee in.

He could if you let him live with you

DP Such a tired and dumb response.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

LOL no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home.

Not a big deal but you were also in shock? You need to talk with someone to help you work through this incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted on the other threads that I walk through the alley all the time because I park at WF and go to CVS first. Duane has never yelled at me, nor have I ever seen anything like that from him. This sounds like a blatant lie.

I've been buying Streetsense from him for years. He became so successful, all while training other men, that he now prints his own publication. He writes, gets his own sponsors, and prints it. I don't like his new online publication (with the QR code) but this sounds like a major hit pieces.

It's definitley a YOU problem. It sounds like you're an @sshole dog owner.

He is “successful”? He is homeless with severe mental health issues

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like his mental health issue is stable. He's not a problem unless you do something to set him off.

Trying to kill dogs is not a problem?

How do you know he’s trying to kill dogs as opposed to just … eating the chicken and dropping the bones on the ground? He does seem kind of unpleasant but I don’t think he’s doing anything illegal.

Dropping the bones on the ground is littering. Urinating in a public parking lot is indecency or public exposure. Yes, I know, the trash can is too far away. CVS won't let him use the bathroom. Always an excuse.

Do yo really think DC police is going to arrest someone for loitering or peeing in public? They don’t arrest people committing assault!

Look - I get he’s been unpleasant to OP but there is nothing in what he’s done that will get him arrested.

I have the unpleasant need to go to that CVS with my young daughters and it is uncomfortable to walk by him because he does say things.

And the police should absolutely handle this esp if he is exposing himself. This is how we got to the shooting issue - no smaller enforcement.

Now’s the time to call it in, the police have been all around Tenleytown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home.

Not a big deal but you were also in shock? You need to talk with someone to help you work through this incident.

I hope you were just in shock because the conscious clear decision not to call the police on someone who assaults you out of nowhere seems like borderline self harm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home.

Not a big deal but you were also in shock? You need to talk with someone to help you work through this incident.

I hope you were just in shock because the conscious clear decision not to call the police on someone who assaults you out of nowhere seems like borderline self harm.

You’re being quite melodramatic about this. He ran up behind me, smacked me on the back, and kept running. It took me about 15 seconds to process it, and then I moved on. I don’t think that’s “borderline self harm,” and I don’t think calling the police would have really accomplished anything.

[Anonymous]

You are all funny and too nice here. In NYC they call 311 on any homeless with continuous nuisance behavior and on any encampment sprouting in a residential area. Mommy FB/whatsapp groups (local ones) organize to report the situations. Like here, they also often say how their hearts are bleeding for these individuals they want kicked out from their neighborhoods, prevent from setting shop on the sidewalks they walk with their kids, etc. Reality is people hate vagrancy and especially having to be constantly accosted by the unpleasant type of mentally unstable characters when they just go about their day. Police would not address this unless these individuals actually hurt someone. But there has to be some service that deals with mental health issues and homelessness in DC, I'd think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like his mental health issue is stable. He's not a problem unless you do something to set him off.

Trying to kill dogs is not a problem?

How do you know he’s trying to kill dogs as opposed to just … eating the chicken and dropping the bones on the ground? He does seem kind of unpleasant but I don’t think he’s doing anything illegal.

Dropping the bones on the ground is littering. Urinating in a public parking lot is indecency or public exposure. Yes, I know, the trash can is too far away. CVS won't let him use the bathroom. Always an excuse.

Do yo really think DC police is going to arrest someone for loitering or peeing in public? They don’t arrest people committing assault!

Look - I get he’s been unpleasant to OP but there is nothing in what he’s done that will get him arrested.

I have the unpleasant need to go to that CVS with my young daughters and it is uncomfortable to walk by him because he does say things.

And the police should absolutely handle this esp if he is exposing himself. This is how we got to the shooting issue - no smaller enforcement.

Now’s the time to call it in, the police have been all around Tenleytown

Don't look if it bothers you that much

[Anonymous]

There have definitely been other posts about him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of sock puppeting here.

If not, maybe ya'll are racists. I'm a white middle-aged lady and have only had pleasant interactions with him as I said upthread.

Also, if he's muttering under his breath, you must be awfully close to him.

Why is your story the one everyone is supposed to believe?

He does rant and yell sometimes. He does pee in the parking lot next to the fenced dumpsters.

It is not racist to say what occurs.

lol. Welcome to DC. Don’t you know it’s racist to not like unstable homeless people yelling at you and defecating in public? Let’s get him a 3K a month apartment on Connecticut Ave for free. That should fix the problem. And no I’m not a MAGA.