Crime Alerts: August 19-20

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Between 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 and 9 a.m. on Aug. 20, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out three crime alerts.

The most recent alert was sent at 1:13 a.m. for a stabbing on the 300 block of Delafield Place, NW. Police are looking for a Black male, between 40 and 50 years of age, 5’9″ in height, with a medium build.

An alert for a snatch robbery was sent at 9:41 p.m. on the intersection of S Street, NW and 8th Street, NW. Police are looking for a 26-year-old Black male, wearing no shirt and blue jeans, headed toward the Shaw metro station.

Another alert for a snatch robbery was sent at 9:33 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and Girard Street, NW. Police are looking for a 19-year-old Hispanic male, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans.

If anyone has information about these events, please call 911.