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Friday, July 18, 2008
or
assisted
in
the
following
cases.
The
GLLU
assists
in
a
wide
variety
of
cases
and
its
involvement
does
not
imply
any
person
is
gay
or
transgender.
•
On
July
13
at
approximately
4:20
a.m.,
three
gay
men
left
a
social
gathering
in
an
Adams
Morgan
apartment
and
walked
to
the
Pizza
Mart
(2400
block
of
18th
Street,
N.W.). While
inside
the
business,
the
three
men
were
confronted
by
a
group
of
five
black
males,
who
began
to
verbally
berate
them
and
make
homophobic
remarks
about
their
appearance. The
three
men
made
their
purchases
and
departed.
Within
minutes,
in
the
1800
block
of
Kalorama
Road,
N.W.,
the
three
men
were
approached
from
behind
by
the
same
group
of
five
black
males.
The
suspects
continued
to
verbally
berate
the
group
and
hurl
homophobic
epithets.
The
group
of
five
black
males
then
physically
attacked
the
three
men.
Two
of
the
victims
were
taken
to
a
local
hospital
for
treatment
of
non-life
threatening
injuries.
The
suspects
are
described
as
black
males,
in
their
late
teens
or
early
20s.
One
of
the
males
was
wearing
a
black
baseball
cap,
white
tank
top
T-shirt
and
blue
jeans.
They
were
last
seen
fleeing
on
foot
toward
Columbia
Road,
N.W.
This
crime
is
being
investigated
as
a
potential
hate/bias
crime.
•
On
July
13
at
approximately
12:30
a.m.,
members
of
the
First
District
were
dispatched
to
the
area
of
3rd
and
L
Streets,
N.E.,
for
a
call
for
a
theft. Upon
arrival,
they
were
met
by
the
victim,
a
cab
driver
from
Anne
Arundel
County
who
advised
he
had
picked
up
two
transgender
females
in
Anne
Arundel
County
and
transported
both
to
D.C.
Upon
arriving
in
D.C.,
the
fares
fled
the
cab
without
paying. Officers
were
able
to
locate
one
of
the
two
suspects
and
arrest
her.
The
other
suspect
escaped.
She
was
charged
with
Theft
of
Services
and
Possession
of
an
Open
Container
of
Alcohol.
Members
of
the
GLLU
ensured
the
arrestee
was
detained
appropriately,
as
per
MPDC’s
General
Order
regarding
the
handling
of
transgender
prisoners.
•
On
July
13,
2008,
at
approximately
noon,
members
of
the
First
District
were
called
to
an
apartment
in
the
700
block
of
7th
Street,
S.W.,
for
a
deceased
person.
On
the
scene,
members
found
the
body
of
Matthew
S.
Pizzi,
age
43,
with
no
signs
of
life. Members
of
the
Metropolitan
Police
Department’s
Homicide
Branch
responded
and
determined
there
were
no
signs
of
obvious
foul
play.
The
case
is
pending
a
final
autopsy
by
the
Chief
Medical
Examiner
for
the
District
of
Columbia.
Anyone
who
has
been
the
victim
of
a
crime
or
has
knowledge
of
a
crime
is
encouraged
to
contact
the
GLLU
on
its
24-hour
pager
at
1-877-495-5995. Visit
the
GLLU
online
at
www.gllu.org.
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