DC Police Had Suspects' Address Before Georgetown Murder
There are times when the incompetence of the District administration is aggravating because it wastes limited time and financial resources. This time the incompetence of the District administration cost more than time and money, it cost a man his life. According to The Washington Post:
Detectives investigating a series of robberies in Georgetown had the address of two of the suspects now connected to the slaying of Alan Senitt three weeks before he was attacked.
The information came from a 24-year-old Georgetown woman who was held up June 11 -- three blocks from the place where Senitt later would be slain. She said she provided the address on Robinson Place SE after learning that her credit card was used to make a purchase that was shipped there.
that's right - 3 weeks before the murder the police had the address for 2 of the suspects now connected to the murder. This information didn't come from a psychic, it came from a woman who was held up and actually provided the MPD with a STREET ADDRESS for her attackers.
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"I thought when I gave them the address, it would be a grand slam and they would get the guys," the woman said in an interview.
But it was not until July 9 that police apprehended anyone at the address the woman had provided.
Talk about how tragedy could have been averted and innocent life spared:
About a week after she was robbed, the Georgetown woman said, she got a letter from her credit card company notifying her that her card was used to order an item being shipped to the 2700 block of Robinson Place SE.
The item was ordered from a company that sells male-enhancement products. The woman said she alerted the police, figuring the information would lead to the robbers.
Police responded by telling her they could not get an arrest warrant without first doing surveillance at the apartment building and then conducting a lineup to determine whether she could identify suspects. She said she was sure she could identify her attackers and was waiting for a call from the police.
Instead, she said, on July 9 she saw the faces of the men who robbed her flash across a television screen because they had been arrested in Senitt's slaying.
Charmingly the MPD finally did follow up on the woman's lead (I mean its almost insulting to call it a "lead" when the person provides a street address for their attackers. Instead of lead she provided a friggin destination.) -
The day after Senitt's killing, police called the Georgetown woman and confirmed what she already knew: that the men were suspected in her case, too, she said.
You know what, I don't want to hear excuses from the MPD. It takes a friggin Declaration of a Crime Emergency to allow them to "adjust" assignments. The leadership of the MPD (along with their 150k+ salaries) should be sacked. A man died because these folks couldn't do their jobs. Jobs paid for with our tax dollars.
Detectives investigating a series of robberies in Georgetown had the address of two of the suspects now connected to the slaying of Alan Senitt three weeks before he was attacked.
The information came from a 24-year-old Georgetown woman who was held up June 11 -- three blocks from the place where Senitt later would be slain. She said she provided the address on Robinson Place SE after learning that her credit card was used to make a purchase that was shipped there.
that's right - 3 weeks before the murder the police had the address for 2 of the suspects now connected to the murder. This information didn't come from a psychic, it came from a woman who was held up and actually provided the MPD with a STREET ADDRESS for her attackers.
More:
"I thought when I gave them the address, it would be a grand slam and they would get the guys," the woman said in an interview.
But it was not until July 9 that police apprehended anyone at the address the woman had provided.
Talk about how tragedy could have been averted and innocent life spared:
About a week after she was robbed, the Georgetown woman said, she got a letter from her credit card company notifying her that her card was used to order an item being shipped to the 2700 block of Robinson Place SE.
The item was ordered from a company that sells male-enhancement products. The woman said she alerted the police, figuring the information would lead to the robbers.
Police responded by telling her they could not get an arrest warrant without first doing surveillance at the apartment building and then conducting a lineup to determine whether she could identify suspects. She said she was sure she could identify her attackers and was waiting for a call from the police.
Instead, she said, on July 9 she saw the faces of the men who robbed her flash across a television screen because they had been arrested in Senitt's slaying.
Charmingly the MPD finally did follow up on the woman's lead (I mean its almost insulting to call it a "lead" when the person provides a street address for their attackers. Instead of lead she provided a friggin destination.) -
The day after Senitt's killing, police called the Georgetown woman and confirmed what she already knew: that the men were suspected in her case, too, she said.
You know what, I don't want to hear excuses from the MPD. It takes a friggin Declaration of a Crime Emergency to allow them to "adjust" assignments. The leadership of the MPD (along with their 150k+ salaries) should be sacked. A man died because these folks couldn't do their jobs. Jobs paid for with our tax dollars.
posted by ChrisBarronDC at 6:06 AM
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