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Crime log: Man arrested for stalking female student, resisting arrest

Threats to Do Bodily Harm

Public Property on Campus (2400 Block of H Street)
8/19/2020 – 5:38 p.m.
Closed Case

GW Police Department officers responded to a report from a man who was threatened by an unknown male subject. The victim asked the suspect who was riding a bike if he was speaking to him, and the suspect responded with death threats. GWPD officers swept the area with negative findings, and Metropolitan Police Department officers issued a report.

– No identifiable suspect.

Obscene Telephone Calls

Media and Public Affairs Building
8/20/2020 – 7:15 a.m.
Closed Case

GWPD officers received a report from a female staff member who received a harassing voicemail with cursing from an unknown subject.

– No identifiable subject.

Destruction of Property/ Vandalism

Public Property on Campus (700 Block of 22nd Street)
Unknown – Unknown
Open Case

A male victim reported that someone scratched across the exterior of his car.

– Case open.

Theft II/ From Building, Unlawful Entry

Mitchell Hall (7-Eleven)
8/20/2020 – 3:41 p.m.
Closed Case

GWPD officers received a report from a male 7-Eleven staff member who said a previously barred male suspect entered the store, stole three chicken sandwiches and walked out. The subject committed four crimes at the store last week, including unlawful entry and theft. GWPD officers arrested the man several hours later, and MPD officers transported him to the Second District police station.

– Subject arrested.

Traffic Accident: Hit and Run

Public Property on Campus (2400 Block of H Street)
Unknown – Unknown
Open Case

A female staff member reported that her vehicle was damaged with scratches on the left rear side of her bumper when she was parked on campus.

– Case open.

Disorderly Conduct

Kogan Plaza
8/25/2020 – 6:10 p.m.
Closed Case

GWPD officers responded to a report from a male staff member that a man was screaming and yelling obscenities. GWPD officers made contact with the subject and barred him from campus.

– Subject barred.

Stalking, Resisting Arrest

Public Property on Campus (2400 Block of G Street)
8/25/2020 – 7:11 p.m.
Closed Case

GWPD officers responded to a report of an unknown male subject chasing a female student after following her from the Watergate Complex. GWPD officers made contact with the subject who then fled the scene. Shortly after, GWPD officers apprehended and arrested the subject, and MPD officers transported him to the Second District police station.

– Subject arrested.

Harassment (Verbal or Written)

Public Property on Campus (2000 Block of F Street)
8/25/2020 – 11:23 p.m.
Closed Case

A GWPD male officer reported he encountered a male subject talking to himself and making derogatory comments. The subject then followed the officer, called him racially-charged slurs and spat toward him. The officer directed the suspect to leave the area to which the subject complied.

– No identifiable subject.

– Compiled by Kateryna Stepanenko.

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