D.C. offers 'safe surrender' for fugitives

D.C. officials are trying to cut the number of number people wanted on bench warrants in the city through a “safe surrender” program in which those fugitives can turn themselves in and resolve their cases. People with bench warrants — which are issued when a defendant doesn’t show up for a court hearing or violates probation or parole — in misdemeanor or nonviolent felony cases are eligible. That’s about 12,000 people.

Those people can turn themselves in at the Moultrie Courthouse, located at 500 Indiana Ave. NW, between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 13, Aug. 20 or Aug. 27.