Totally hysterical story, so I am pilfering it from a friends blog (verbatim):
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Columbia Heights/Petworth brothel robber gets his thumb chopped off
What!? I just got sent this from NBC4, apparently two men tried to rob an alleged brothel somewhere in Columbia Heights, and in the ensuing struggle, one of the victims chopped one of the robber's thumb off with a machete. Wow. The thumbless robber, named Bryan Perez, went to the hospital, the police brought the thumb, and there was a match. Busted.
That is probably the weirdest Columbia Heights crime story ever. I'm trying to figure out where the brothel was, but now you can have fun with your friends by sending them the article and saying "sorry your house got robbed."
UPDATE: Wait a minute, there was a shooting at a brothel last week too, on 14th Street near Quincy. Maybe it's the same place? Is there a rash of brothel crime in the neighborhood? Are there really that many brothels in the hood? What is this, Amsterdam?
UPDATE 2: The Examiner has the full story on the machete incident - the address is 3827 14th Street NW, which is in fact near Quincy - maybe it's the same place as the shooting. The article says there was an underground gambling establishment on the first floor and a brothel upstairs. What in the world.
And technically, the location is in Petworth. Dang news always trying to make Columbia Heights look bad.
UPDATE 3: The two events are actually the same thing - there was a shooting and the thumb chopping off happened at the same time. Geez.
Posted by Andrew at 12:01 PM
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Are you trying to tell us something? Is this a coming out story?
Amsterdam has more bicyclists
At least there will be one less text-messager in the world
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