Crime & Safety

Assault And Robbery Along H Street Corridor: Suspect Sought

Metropolitan Police Department detectives are seeking information on a suspect in connection with a February assault and robbery.

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D.C. Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect they say assaulted and robbed a victim on the H Street corridor in February.
D.C. Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect they say assaulted and robbed a victim on the H Street corridor in February. (Metropolitan Police Department)

WASHINGTON, DC — Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the First District are asking the public's help in identifying a suspecting in connection with a violent robbery that took place in February in the H Street corridor, according to a police release.

On Sunday, Feb. 16, around 5:35 p.m., the victim was assaulted and robbed by a suspect in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, N.E. After the suspect took the victim's property, he fled the scene.

MPD released a photo of suspect captured on a nearby surveillance camera.

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Anyone with information about the identity of this individual or the incident is asked to call police at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

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