Robbery at the 3600 block of O Street early Saturday morning
Posted by: Juliana Brint in News, Vox Populi, tags: Crime, Georgetown, Robbery
Following an early morning burglary in Village C West, a female student was walking home alone when she was robbed by force near Alumni Square along O Street.
From the Department of Public Safety’s Public Safety Alert:
At 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010, a student reported to DPS that she was the victim of a robbery earlier the same morning in the 3600 Block of O Street. The complainant reported that at approximately 3:40 a.m. she was walking home alone along O Street adjacent to Alumni Square when the suspect pushed her up against a wall and demanded money.
The complainant gave the suspect $50 dollars in cash, and the suspect fled in an unknown direction. DPS responded to the complainant’s residence to take the report. The complainant declined to report the incident to MPD.
The student was not injured, and declined to report the crime to the Metropolitan Police Department
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Umm….is there some reason the alleged victim couldn’t have made a more timely call to the police? I mean, really, everybody has a cell phone so waiting HOURS to make report is inexcusable.
Obnoxious. People, when you are a crime victim, you should report the crime immediately. That allows the police to do an immediate canvas and try to find the assailant, so that he doesn’t victimize someone else. And why did DPS decide to simply let her “not report the crime to police” when they found out about it the next day. Reporting a crime isn’t about her rights — it’s about keeping society safe.