Brookland Store Is Robbed After Upped Patrols End

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ALTHOUGH D.C. POLICE arrested 419 people over the weekend in the Metropolitan Police Department's latest "All Hands on Deck" push on Friday and Saturday, criminals returned to work after the increased police presence wound down.

On Sunday night, the YES! Organic Market on 12th Street NE in Brookland was robbed by two masked men brandishing a handgun. The pair ordered employees to the ground as they raided the cash register. There were no injuries.

Sgt. Wayne Steinhilber, the patrol supervisor for police service area 502, said in a posting on the neighborhood's online message board that detectives from the 5th District will use tapes from security cameras at the store to help them investigate the incident. He said the profiles of the suspects on the tapes are similar to men suspected in several street robberies in the area.

In recent months, residents have been complaining about muggings in the neighborhood, especially on streets leading to and from the Red Line Metrorail station.

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