DCist photographer James Calder was on hand yesterday when U.S. Park Police and Occupy D.C. protesters clashed as police tried to clear part of McPherson Square to check tents for camping material. The pictures he captured are evidence of the tension, emotion and confusion that reigned during the day. more ›

Police in the District are still looking for suspects in the tragic death of an infant girl that was left outside a home in Northeast on a freezing winter night in mid-January. more ›

Joining a pair of big-city mayors and another high-ranking civic official yesterday, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier swapped recent murder and youth crime prevention statistics at a panel during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting. more ›

Many a movie start this way -- a newborn infant is left on someone's doorstep, most often a loving family that nurtures the child so that it can become a well-rounded adult. But the reality certainly isn't so happy. more ›

It's not looking like much came of last October's police raid of two Capitol Hemp locations in the District. more ›

With only a few days left in 2011, the District is likely to see fewer murders this year than at any point in the last five decades. more ›

They didn't get a rocket launcher or hand grenades, but officers from the Metropolitan Police Department and FBI did manage to seize 161 weapons and $7.2 million worth of drugs and make 70 arrests in a huge bust announced today. more ›

The two owners of Capitol Hemp turned themselves in to police this morning after they were told that a warrant had been issued for their arrest. more ›

As police continue to investigate what provoked a weekend shooting at Dupont Circle restaurant Heritage India, one member of the D.C. Council wants bars, clubs and restaurants holding after-hours events to hire off-duty police officers for additional security. more ›

This morning, a man was arrested inside the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square after he was found to have stolen supplies from the group's supply tent. more ›

Last week, we got a hold of the affidavit justifying the late October raids on Capitol Hemp's Adams Morgan and Chinatown locations. Yesterday, we happened across the affidavits supporting the raids on two others Adams Morgan head shops -- Shiva and B&K News Stand. more ›

Yesterday, we discussed how D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has sparingly used her emergency powers to shut down bars and restaurants after violent incidents. Now it looks like Heritage India, the site of a fight which led to a shooting that left one man dead last weekend, is faced with much more than having its doors shuttered for 96 hours. more ›

If you own a bar or a restaurant and a fight breaks out, just shooing the troublemakers out the door may not be enough. If things get worse once they get outside, you may see your business shut down by the police. more ›

Why did D.C. police raid two Capitol Hemp locations a month ago? The police affidavit explains why. more ›

Back on November 4, we noted an incredibly unusual occurrence in which an entire string of parked cars along the 1000 block of Euclid Street were totally smashed to bits, leaving police baffled as to what exactly happened. We finally got a chance to take a look at the preliminary police report of the incident, and boy, is it a whopper. more ›

D.C. police report that officers were able to apprehend an armed robber after he attempted to accost someone along the 1200 block of H Street NE this morning. more ›

Montgomery County police are currently investigating an incident where "about 50 teens and young adults" entered a 7-Eleven on the 12000 block of Tech Road in Silver Spring, stole food and drinks, then ran out. more ›

The man accused of firing a gun at the White House on November 11 and breaking at least one window on the presidential residence appeared for the first time inside a Washington courtroom this afternoon. more ›

So far in 2011, there have been 100 homicides in the District. That's 17 percent fewer killings than 2010. Of course, the number of murders alone don't fully define broader crime trends in the District. more ›

The City Paper has the scoop -- Capitol Hemp's Chinatown location, which recently feared that it would have to close for good if it couldn't get its merchandise back, will re-open next week; in addition, all charges against employees stemming from the October 27 raids have been dropped. more ›

The intersection of 14th and R Streets NW is usually crowded at the 5 p.m. hour, but it can normally be chalked up to the foot traffic of people making their way to happy hour or back home from work, and not because of a daytime shooting. more ›

Carefully escorted by police through downtown D.C. and into Georgetown, 200-plus Occupy D.C. protesters made it to the Key Bridge without issue this afternoon. Though traffic was stopped along the route and on the Key Bridge as the marchers approached, it resumed once protesters made it on to the bridge's sidewalk. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House last Friday, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the President. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House and was subsequently arrested at a Pennsylvania hotel yesterday, has told authorities that he "hates the president, he hates Washington, he hates society." more ›

Authorities have reportedly taken the man who hit the White House with a gunshot last Friday into custody. more ›

As the search for Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- the man suspected of firing a gun in the proximity of the White House and striking a window on the presidential residence -- continues, federal officials have announced that a task force has been established to bring him into custody. more ›

A settlement has reportedly been reached over the 2007 shooting of 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings by two off-duty D.C. police officers. more ›