D.C. Metropolitan Police Arrest Maryland Man For July’s Assault
Monday, November 25, 2024, 6:45 A.M. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith reported that following an investigation, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Metropolitan Police Officers arrested a 37-year-old Maryland man in connection with July’s hammer attack of an individual in Northwest, D.C.
On Saturday, July 13, 2024, at around 10:10 p.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District responded to a report of an assault on the 2400 Block of 18th Street in Northwest, D.C.
Upon arrival, Police Officers learned that a man, later identified as Magel Duarte, 37, of Bethesda, Maryland, attacked an individual with a hammer and fled the scene in a motor vehicle. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment and subsequently released.
During an extensive months-long investigation, Detectives were able to identify Duarte as the assailant, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On Tuesday, Officers of the D.C. Third District Crime Suppression Unit located and arrested Duarte on a D.C. Superior Court warrant and formally charged him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
Duarte was processed on the charge and was remanded to the D.C. Central Detention Facility pending future court proceedings in the D.C. Superior Court.
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