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Crime log: MPD arrests students who assaulted each other in District House

Simple Assault (Domestic Violence), Destruction of Property

District House
9/3/2019 – 3:15 p.m.
Closed Case

A student reported to the GW Police Department that he overheard an assault between a male student and a female student. GWPD officers who arrived on scene learned that the two subjects threw personal belongings at each other, damaging a closet. Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the scene and placed both subjects under arrest for simple assault. MPD officers transported the students to the Second District police station for processing. The subjects declined to comment.

– Subject arrested.

Theft II/From Building

Academic Center
9/4/2019 – 12:30 p.m.
Open Case

A female faculty member reported to GWPD that someone stole her backpack from her office.

– Case open.

Harassment (Verbal or Written)

Public Property On Campus (600 Block of 23rd Street)
9/4/2019 – 12:30 p.m.
Closed Case

GWPD responded to a report that a man unaffiliated with the University was yelling obscenities and harassing pedestrians. GWPD officers issued the man a warning bar notice.

– Subject barred.

Threats to do Bodily Harm

Hensley Hall (MVC)
9/4/2019 – 9:44 p.m.
Closed Case

A female student reported to GWPD that she received text messages from an unknown subject who was threatening bodily harm. The unknown subject later said it was a joke.

– Referred to Title IX.

Theft II/From Building

1922 F St.
Unknown – Unknown
Open Case

A staff member reported to GWPD that someone stole their computer adapters.

– Case open.

Theft II/From Building

Lisner Hall
Unknown – Unknown
Open Case

A male faculty member reported to GWPD that a casebook was stolen from his desk in his office.

– Case open.

Voyeurism

Duques Hall
9/9/2019 – 2:45 p.m.
Open Case

A male faculty member reported to GWPD that he was a victim of voyeurism while he was in the men’s bathroom. GWPD searched the area and could not find the suspect.

– Case open.

Theft II/Other

2109 F St.
Unknown – Unknown
Closed Case

GWPD officers discovered a traffic cone in two female students’ residence hall room during a health inspection.

– Referred to the Office of Enrollment and the Student Experience.

– Compiled by Kateryna Stepanenko

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