Police Charge Woman In Attempted Stabbing Of A Police Officer In Southwest

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:05 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

WASHINGTON, DC.- On Tuesday, a 40-year-old Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, woman was taken into custody and jailed after being charged in connection with the attempted stabbing and nearly running down a Police Officer earlier this month in Southwest, D.C.

     According to D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, on Sunday, September 7, 2025, just shortly before 7:30 p.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle on the 3900 Block of South Capitol Street in Southwest, D.C.

     During the encounter, the Police Officer made contact with the driver, who refused to exit her vehicle as instructed by the Officer. She then brandished a butcher knife and lunged at the Officer while still inside her vehicle. The woman then placed her vehicle in reverse and rammed the Metropolitan Police Patrol vehicle multiple times, and ultimately was able to flee the scene. During the ensuing initial investigation, Police Officers were able to identify the driver based on her vehicle’s registration, and charges were filed. A warrant was subsequently issued for her arrest. 

On Tuesday, Based On The Investigation Brevard Was Arrested

     Accordingly, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court warrant, members of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Melodie Brevard, 40, of Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. Following being taken into custody, Brevard was formally charged with one count of Assault on a Police Officer; and Leaving After Colliding-Property Damage.

     Brevard was processed on the charges and remanded to the D.C. Central Detention Facility pending future court proceedings in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”