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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Andrew A. Black has a lengthy criminal history on DC Superior Court website, did not check elsewhere. Dozens of cases since he was 18 including a felon in possession of weapon that was plead very recently. Guess he violated the terms of that.

[b]04/26/2023[/b]	Sentence
Sentence for Charge # 2, Carry Pistol Outside Home/Business
Sentence Date: 04/26/2023
Confinement Type:  Confinement
Time: 0 years, 24 months, 0 days.
[b]Time Susp: 0 years, 24 months, 0 days.
Amount To Serve: 0 years, 0 months, 0 days.
Supervised Release: 3 years, 0 months, 0 days, Suspended.
[/b]VVCA Amount:        100.00 , Due:  04/26/2025
Probation Type: SUPVP, Start Date:  , End Date: 
Probation Time: 2 years, 0 months, 0 days
Probation Conditions:  Other conditions:
[b]Special Conditions:  do not possess firearms[/b]
comply with the the general terms of supervision
seek and maintain employment
Sentencing Comments: Defendant to receive credit for time served.

Per DC government records he lives in NW DC but NOT in Forest Hills.[/quote]

By all means, sign him up for a free apartment with lots of elderly people and children in the building.[/quote]

Again, he does not live in Forest Hills, but elsewhere in NW. Since DC allows felons to vote, his address is readily available re: voter rolls. MPD said he has an "association" with Saratoga as did victim, none of the 3 lives there, in Brandywine, etc. at the meeting Frumin had. [/quote]

There is no evidence that Mr. Black pays for his housing with a voucher. That said, "Returning Citizens" do qualify for vouchers and the ability of the landlord to consider criminal history has been limited by the DC Council. https://ohr.dc.gov/page/returningcitizens/housing[/quote]

DC's priorities are clear. [/quote]

True. And there have been thousands of hours of hearings, community meetings, etc about these issues in NW for 5 years now. No email or phone call or "vote" or federal audit or fine seems to matter. Declining tax money seems to be the factor most likely to rein this in, but not any time soon. Biden almost cut the fed funding for vouchers and the fiscal picture for DC is not rosy.

The first shooting nearby, at a private party in a hotel in the middle of the night, got multiple community meetings, including the Mayor (election was coming up). This shooting, on a busy street near a playground on a Saturday got one meeting, a joking deflecting CM and The Forest Hills Connection has not even commented, that I have seen. When he and MPD were asked where the other 2 shots fired had gone they did not answer the question. He is still talking about "Ward 3 for All" whatever that means.

Gunfire on the street poses a risk to those walking, driving, or yes, biking by, my family is unlikely to stay in the Days Inn, nor do we recommend it now that it has floors serving as a shelter. That was supposed to be sold and redeveloped, yet, fell through and same old same old a year after 5 women were shot and 1 died. In community meetings various government officials claim "they" do not have clients in Days Inn, but some agency is paying for them and there is visible drug dealing around that building, whether by residents or to residents, I have no idea. There is also said to be prostitution happening in many of the buildings on Connecticut and Wisconsin. It's not super family friendly and safe anymore. [/quote]

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