Arrest made in attack on lesbians D.C. police have made an arrest in the attack on five lesbians that officers initially did not report.
Police have charged 19-year-old Christian Washington of Northwest D.C. with assault in the July 30 attack in Columbia Heights. Washington has not been charged with a hate crime.
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Police said Washington attacked the women after trying to pick them up and then learning that they were gay.
The women — ages 20 to 24 — suffered bruises to their faces, heads and bodies, police said. The Washington Examiner was shown a picture of one woman with a black eye. The officers apprehended one suspect, but let him go and did not report a possible hate crime as required by the city.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier last week told The Examiner that she was stunned to learn of the incident and the conduct of her officers.
Fairfax slasher now suspected in nine cases
Fairfax County police say a man is now suspected in nine cutting cases at retail stores in the area.
All of the victims have been women in their late teens or early 20s. The man is believed to be using a box cutter or razor to slash the victims’ buttocks.
Police originally suspected the man in five cases, but additional women who didn’t initially file reports have come forward.
The suspect is described as Hispanic, in his late 20s, about 5-foot-6 and having a heavy build.
Woman fatally stabs man in Md.
Police say a woman fatally stabbed a man at the Glen Burnie home where they lived together.
Anne Arundel County police said 38-year-old Phyllis Amonica is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of James Plaff Jr., 47.
A verbal fight apparently escalated and became physical, police said.
— Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
