Yesterday, Jason Cherkis reported on D.C. Police Officer Robert Schmidt’s solicitation arrest over on City Desk. Today, he uncovers a transcript of the exchange between Schmidt and the undercover cop posing as a prostitute. The scene is the downtown Embassy Suites. Get ready for a little of licking, after the jump.

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Domestic violence victim leaves boyfriend, finds bus

The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including a domestic violence victim who takes refuge in a bus, and a man who clubs his boyfriend while in da club—below.

SURPRISE VISIT. MONDAY, MARCH 9 AT 11:40 PM. Members of the Fifth District responded to a hotel located in the 600 block of New York Avenue, N.E. for a destruction of property complaint. Upon arrival, the officers discovered a large window had been shattered and identified the individual who did the damage. He was arrested. Further investigation revealed the incident was motivated by a domestic dispute between the arrest subject and two other men staying at the hotel.

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According to a report from the Metropolitan Police Department, reported rapes in Washington, D.C. have remained pretty constant over the past three years:

Reported rapes in 2006: 182
Reported rapes in 2007: 192
Reported rapes in 2008: 186

But how many rapes actually occurred in the District last year? It’s impossible to say.

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including bathrooms used as prostitution dens and holding cells—below.

* Investigators detect suspicious overtones. 9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28, the GLLU was contacted by the victim of a “burglary and attempted sexual assault,” with “hate/bias overtones.” Two suspects pushed him into his apartment. They robbed him and attempted sexual assault. Investigators say they were “unable to verify the victim’s account of the events.”

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. As the inauguration neared, police activity ramped up. A round-up of inauguration week crime reports—including some unsupervised homeless house guests—below.

* At 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2009, police responded to Adams Morgan for a neighborly dispute. The callers asserted that they were being “harassed by other building residents because of their sexual orientation.” The other building residents had a different perspective—they said the callers were “creating an undesirable living environment in the building by having large, loud parties late at night, inviting homeless people to stay in their apartment without supervision, and also allowing their guests to verbally abuse building residents and owners.” MPD referred the case to Landlord-Tenant Court and the D.C. Office of Human Rights.

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including some very intoxicated calls to the police—below.

* Spit take. Sun., Jan. 11. A man contacted the GLLU to report an assault that occured a week earlier—as he was walking his dog, a man “approached him and called him a homophobic name.” The man then “spat at the victim, but did not strike him.”

* Federal offense. Tue., Jan. 6. A male employee of the Federal Government contacted the GLLU to report verbal assault from a female Fed. The employee alleged “homophobic taunts, language and threats” from the woman in a government meeting. The incident was also reported to the Federal Protective Service (FPS).

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including a New Years hate crime and a knife-wielding ex-lover—below.

* New Years (conflict) resolution. Thu., Jan. 1, at 12:30 a.m. Police responded to a home at 13th St. & Iowa Ave. NW after the report of an assault. There, they found two males, both “suffering from minor injuries and heavily intoxicated.” The story: When the men stepped outside for a New Years smoke, “three black females” approached and subjected the men to “homophobic taunts.” A “verbal exchange ensued.” The three women called for back-up: “two black males.” The men were assaulted. Police have no suspects, but are encouraging “community members to avoid confronting others on homophobic language, especially when alcohol is present.”

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including details about the apparent hate crime at the Hong Kong Delite Carry Out —below.

* Anti-gay club. On Thursday, Dec. 4, a Rhode Island Ave. NE club owner contacted the GLLU for “advice regarding neighborhood relations.” The owner had “received a couple of complaints from area residents.” She thought the complaints stemmed from the patrons being gay. The owner was referred to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including consensual teenage sex, severe lacerations, and a search for fugitives—below.

* Denial twist. On the evening of Nov. 28, 2008, the mother of a 16-year-old male flagged down police outside the Metro on Minnesota Ave. The mother claimed “her son was sexually assaulted” by a 17-year-old one month earlier. Police interviewed all parties, and determined that “the sexual contact was consensual and no crime occurred.” The mother refused further police resources.

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The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Last week in police activity related to the GLBT community—including minor stab wounds, pride flag assailants, and stolen coats—below.

* Lip service. On the afternoon of Nov. 18, D.C. police responded to the report of an assault. A group of friends had had a fight over “missing personal property.” A victim had been punched in the face, and suffered a “minor cut to his lip.” The victim asked that the suspect—whom police identify as a “Transgender female”—not be arrested, but he did ask for “information regarding how to obtain a Stay Away Order.”

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