Metro Transit Police
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Metro Transit Police seeks to improve emergency response times
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In the wake of another incident on a Metro train last week that was caught on camera, the agency says it is trying to improve response times to scenes of crimes, the Washington Examiner reports.
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Woman slashed on U8 Metrobus, suspect flees on foot
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Metro officials say two women got into a verbal altercation on a bus Saturday morning in southeast Washington. The incident escalated into a physical fight, and one woman slashed the other on the forehead.
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Michael Levaughn Williams accused of inappropriately touching Metro passenger
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A 19-year-old man accused of inappropriately grabbing a female Metro passenger in two separate incidents was charged Friday. On its website, Metro now has a way for victims to give authorities detailed information about an attack.
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Isom Cooper accused of auto theft
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Isom Cooper, 49, was taken into custody at the Comfort Inn on Van Dorn Street near the Capital Beltway around 4 p.m., hours after he fled from police.
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Olijawon Griffin killed at Woodley Park Metro station
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Nine people have been charged in the deadly stabbing of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin, who died from stab wounds inflicted at the Woodley Park Metro station. The tragic incident all started over a demand to give up his new jacket that Griffin had bought with his first paycheck from his new job at NIH.
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Metro Transit Police shooting kills man in Lanham
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A Metro Transit Police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon who they wanted to question about a possible abduction, officials say.
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Metro Transit police go undercover to catch thieves
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From January to March, 239 thefts were reported while riding Metro. While there may be an uptick in "snatching" thefts, police are behind many of them. They're going undercover with decoy electronics in order to take down thieves.
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John Haile, Horace McDade sentenced in WMATA coin thefts
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The two WMATA employees who pleaded guilty to stealing as much as $600,000 from fare machines and spending much of it on lottery tickets were sentenced Friday.
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Davon Rashad Wood gets 366 days for sexual abuse of 11-year-old girl, robbing undercover cop
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A D.C. man has been sentenced to 366 days of incarceration for two separate crimes, a sex offense against an 11-year-old girl at Ketcham Elementary School and robbing an undercover police officer at a Metro station.
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Chabria Murphy sought by police; 3-month-old infant found
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A 3-month-old infant who wass missing after the mother placed the baby in the custody of a woman who didn't return her at the agreed time at the Anacostia Metro station was found.
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Metro indecent exposure law proposed
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In D.C., Metro police complained local laws prevented them from effectively corralling flashers. Unlike in Maryland and Virginia, in the city Metro, police only can make an arrest if they witnessed the exposure.
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Injured bald eagle found near Va. Metro euthanized
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A bald eagle found last weekend by Metro tracks near the Van Dorn Street station has been euthanized.
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Injured bald eagle rescued on Metro's Blue Line
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An injured American bald eagle was rescued Saturday afternoon near Metro’s Van Dorn Street Station. The Blue Line was single-tracked while the rescue operation was underway.
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D.C. police: Crime wave continues with more robberies in Northwest today
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Two more armed robberies were committed on Northwest streets today, one near Dupont Circle and one in Georgetown. D.C. police say there have been 660-plus robberies in 2012 and they've arrested 155 suspects.
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Lawrence Miller sues Metro Transit officer
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Police arrested Miller in May after he spoke out against officers who allegedly threw his friend, Dwight Harris, from a wheelchair, according to the lawsuit.
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Metro Transit officers won't face charges in wheelchair case
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The two Metro Transit police officers seen handling a wheelchair-bound man on May 19 in a YouTube video will not face federal criminal civil rights charges.
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Crime driven off D.C. streets onto Metro, officials say
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Calls for assistance on the Metro system are increasing, Metro and D.C. police officials told a House subcommittee Friday. They argued Metro Transit Police needs more officers to address the issue
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