Posts Tagged ‘D.C. police’

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Multi-Purpose Bathroom Edition

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 [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Inauguration Crime Edition!

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 [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Drunk Edition

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 [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: New Years Edition

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. & [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Carry-Out Hate Crime Edition

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 Week in GLBT Police Activity: Fugitive Edition

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 [...]

The Week in GLBT Police Activity: Minor Stab Wound Edition

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 [...]

Inside the Death of David Kerstetter

City Paper's Jason Cherkis wrote this week's cover story on David Kerstetter, the gay Logan Circle man shot by D.C. police on Nov. 5. The story details Kerstetter's mental illness, addiction to crystal meth, loss of his partner, Paul Brazitis, suicide attempts, and death by multiple gunshot wounds from D.C. police. Writes Cherkis: "What’s unlikely [...]

GLLU Police Blotter

The GLLU, MPD’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit, serves the District’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. Read the last two weeks in police activity related to the GLBT community below.
First, GLLU's report of the David Kerstetter case, in full:
On Thursday, Nov. 6, at approximately 10:20 am, uniformed officers from the department’s Third District responded [...]

Good Guys Trial: The Hotel Room

Detective Todd Gray, a 19-year veteran of the D.C. police department, is assigned to the arson task force. He was involved in securing the search warrant for Vasile Graure's arrest following the Nov. 3, 2007 fire. He entered Graure's hotel room at the Alexandria Days Inn on the night of his arrest.
Inside, first aid gauze [...]