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Historic Preservation Concept for new Condo/Retail Project on Lower Barracks Row

Yellow highlight locates project

Mural promoting local shopping overlooks the building site.

Ground floor plan will be primarily retail. Project will face 8th Street (top) , Virginia Avenue (right , and L Street (left).  Current plans anticipate a local restaurant on the upper right hand corner of the project (NW corner).

Major Residential/Retail Project Coming to Lower Barracks Row

By Larry Janezich

The long-awaited development of lower 8^th Street, SE, moved a large step forward Tuesday night, with the announcement of a four story mixed use residential/retail project planned for the NW corner of the Virginia Avenue/8^th Street intersection, on lower Barracks Row.   The site is currently a parking lot, notable for the large mural promoting local shopping which overlooks it.

Alon Street, partner at Northfield Development, appeared before ANC6B’s Planning and Zoning Committee – chaired by Commissioner Nick Burger – seeking the committee’s endorsement of the developer’s Historical Preservation Application for the concept.  Peter Fillet Architects is designing the project.

The project will comprise 22 condos on three floors and a penthouse level with the first floor primarily devoted to retail. The developers envision the retail connecting Barracks Row with the Navy Yard, and their current thinking is that a local restaurant (perhaps one currently residing on Barracks Row) will occupy the NW corner of 8^th and Virginia Avenue.

The typical floor plan will have about seven units with bay windows.  Developers plan 3 two bedroom units, 3 studio units, and 16 one bedroom units “geared for the affluent customer” according to Peter Sands, VP of Northfield Development. The plan includes four penthouse units with individual terraces.   The building will be built as a matter of right – meaning no zoning adjustments and thus no PUD will be necessary.  There will be 11 ground level parking spaces – required by city regulations for the project.  The project will front on three streets:  8^th street, Virginia Avenue, and L Street.

The developers anticipate breaking ground next March, and assert an aggressive 12 – 16 month construction timeline.

The committee voted to forward the historic preservation application to the full ANC6B’s consent calendar by a vote of 10 – 0.  The full ANC6B meets next on October 13, at 7:00pm in Hill Center.

Zest Bistro on Barracks Row “Closed Until Further Notice”

This surprise announcement was posted this morning on the front of Zest Bistro at 735 8th Street.

by Larry Janezich

CHC is not sure what this means yet, but the announcement has an air of finality about it..

Agua 301 is the owners’ restaurant in The Yards featuring contemporary Mexican cuisine.  See here:  http://www.agua301.com/

Good Stuff Eatery at 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, was hit by armed robbers Saturday night

Robbers entered the restaurant through the rear door

The Week Ahead…And Armed Robbers Hit Spike Mendelsohn’s Eatery at 3^rd and PA Ave SE

President Obama’s One-Time Lunch Spot Held Up at Gunpoint

by Larry Janezich

Good Stuff Eatery – celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn’s popular casual fast food hamburger joint at 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE – was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night by two masked men.  President Obama brought White House staff members here for lunch in 2011, and First Lady Michelle Obama has been a frequent patron of the restaurant.

MPD Captain Antonio Charland reported: “On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 10:45PM, members of the First District responded to the “Good Stuff Eatery” located at 303 Pennsylvania Ave, SE for the report of a Robbery.  A complainant in this case stated that two (2) male suspects entered the rear of the establishment wearing ski masks and displayed a handgun.  The complainant further states that the two (2) suspects then robbed the business of cash.  The suspects made good their escape and were last seen entering a 4 door dark colored sedan.  There were no injuries related to this robbery.”

Mendelsohn owns three nearly adjacent restaurants on the block: Good Stuff Eatery, We The Pizza, and Béarnaise.  There are additional Good Stuff Eatery outlets in Crystal City, Georgetown, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (really).

The Week Ahead…

Tuesday, October 6

1. ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee meets at 7:00pm, at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Avenue, SE.

Among items on the agenda:

801 Virginia Avenue, SE, concept/new construction of 4-story building

Raze Permits, 1620 and 1622 E Street, SE

Rock ‘n Roll DC Marathon (March 2016)

Letter to Stanton-Eastbanc on Hine Development Construction Problems

PUD Subcommittee Report regarding benefits and amenities sought for several developments within ANC6B for which zoning relief is being requested.  City regulations require developers to compensate the community for the impact that greater density and mass associated with zoning changes have on the community.  The ANC will negotiate the compensation in the form of benefits and amenities on behalf of the community.

2. ANC 6C Parks and Events Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2^nd Street, NE.

Agenda not available at press time.

3. North Lincoln Park Association (NLPNA) meets at 7:30pm, Maury Elementary School, 13^th and Constitution Avenue, NE.

Wednesday, October 7

1. ANC6B Transportation Committee meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center.

Among items on the agenda:

Virginia Avenue SE, Streetscape & CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project

DDOT Navy Yard/Union Station Circulator Proposal on Elimination of Stops

Center City Public Charter School request for removal of the eastbound Metrobus stop on East Capitol at 15th Street, SE.

2. ANC6C Planning and Zoning Committee meets at 7:00 pm at Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 Second Street, NE.

Update:  Among items on the agenda:

400 K St. NE (BZA 18979) – Revised application of Tiblez Adal for a variance from the nonconforming structure requirements allow a substantially-completed two-story carriage house to be adaptively restored as an artist studio in the R-4 District at premises 400 K Street N.E.

301 & 331 N St. NE (non-voting) – Informational presentation by Foulger-Pratt Companies on a future 301/331 N St. NE PUD application and HPRB concept plan for 301 N St. NE

301 Florida Ave. NE (ZC 15-22) (non-voting) – Informational presentation by 301 FL Manager LLC on its application for the consolidated review and approval of a Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) and related zoning map amendment to rezone the Property. The Property has a land area of approximately 8,720 square feet and is a triangular lot with approximately 203.7 linear feet of frontage on Florida Avenue, N.E. to the northeast, approximately 178.8 linear feet of frontage on N Street, N.E. to the south, and approximately 97.5 linear feet of frontage on 3rd Street, N.E. to the west. The Property is the only lot in Square 722N and is currently improved with a one-story building and associated surface parking, surrounded by a variety of uses including low- to high-density residential, industrial warehouses, and commercial uses.  Applicant proposes to raze the existing building to build a mixed-use building composed of retail and residential uses. The Project will have a density of 7.57 floor area ratio, will include a total of approximately 66,010 square feet of gross floor area, and will have a building height of 101 feet (eight stories).

Thursday, October 8

1. ANC6A meets at 7:00pm and Miner Elementary School, 601 15^th Street, NE.

Among items on the agenda:

Update from Mayor Bowser’s Office

Department of Energy & Environment Anacostia River Sediment presentation

Letter of support in favor of the Events DC proposal to construct a playground on the 2000 block of C Street, NE according to the plans provided to the ANC.

Letter to the Zoning Commission in support of an extension of the order permitting redevelopment of the H Street Connection site at 901 H Street, NE, with a mixed-use residential and retail structure.

2. The ANC6B ABC Committee which usually meets on this date will not meet. The only item of business is a request for a restaurant liquor license for Las Placitas’ new location at 1100 8th Street.  Since the request appears to be non-controversial, the ANC will consider it at its October 13 meeting.

Christ Church as it looked earlier this week.

Spires will be replicated and replaced.

The over six foot spire on the SW corner of the bell tower was removed in 2013 for safety reasons, and now resides in the basement.

Christ Church in the early 20th Century. Note gas street lights.

Christ Church To Receive New Crown

by Larry Janezich

Christ Church has contracted with Wagner Roofing to replicate and replace the eight spires, restoring the church’s crown to the profile it had in 1891.  In recent years, some of the spires have visibly deteriorated and one has been removed having presented a safety hazard.  The new spires will be fabricated from lead coated copper and installed by Thanksgiving.

Asked what would happen to the old spires, a Church representative said that they would be sold to members of the congregation, some of whom will use them as decorative features for home and garden.

Christ Church was founded in 1794 and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969.  The Protestant Episcopalian congregation originally met in a tobacco barn on New Jersey Avenue near D Street S.E.  The original 45 X 36 foot church at the present location was started in 1806.  The four story bell tower with four spires on top was added in 1848-49 and the parish hall was built in 1874.  In 1891, a fifth story was added to the bell tower as well as a front vestibule, leaving the G Street façade as it appears today.

In addition to the 2.5 acre site of the church at 620 G Street, SE, Christ Church owns Congressional Cemetery at 18^th and E Streets, SE.

CM Allen Meets With Barracks Row Stakeholders on Eastern Market Plaza Safety Concerns

Crime Stats Down in PSA 107 – Violent Crimes Persist Near Eastern Market Metro

by Larry Janezich

Last week, Barracks Row merchants took the initiative to deal with crime near Eastern Market Metro Plaza and the conditions which support and result from that activity.  Merchants organized a meeting on Monday, September 21, at Hill’s Kitchen with Council Member Charles Allen and Barracks Row stakeholders, including merchants, neighbors, several ANC6B Commissioners and Community Connections –  (located at 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, the facility is DC’s largest non-profit provider of mental health care and addiction treatment for the city’s residents).  Although MPD was invited to attend, they did not.

Hill’s Kitchen owner Leah Daniels, who helped organize the meeting, said, “The business owners had a successful meeting with Council Member Allen, neighbors, and representatives from Community Connections about the ongoing problem of vagrancy, crime, and feeling of insecurity in the area. We look to continue the conversation and look to have MPD join us on our next meeting.”

Asked for comment, Allen told CHC, “I met with several local business and resident leaders regarding public safety concerns around the Eastern Market Metro Plaza. It was a very frank and productive conversation about the ongoing frustrations and crimes in the area. I will be reconvening the group in a few weeks to review some action plans by MPD, as well as steps local service providers are putting in place to improve safety and accountability.”  ANC6B Commissioners Oldenburg, Hoskins, and Hagedorn were present at the meeting as well.

Residents have raised the issue of feeling unsafe on Barracks Row and the extended Eastern Market Metro Plaza at the past several PSA 107 meetings.  Capitol Hill Corner has been urging ANC6B to be more active in coordinating an effort among community stakeholders to address crime.  To date, ANC has only sent a letter to MPD requesting a meeting to work on building better relationships and suggesting 1) MPD update the ANC on crime occasionally, 2) a spring public safety meeting in anticipation of the increase in crime that comes with warmer weather, and 3) improving the description of crimes on the MPD crime maps.

A look at the MPD crime map shows that violent crime in PSA 107 dropped to five incidents during the past 30 days (August 30 – September 29) from 13 incidents in the previous 30 days (July 29 – August 30), but four of the most recent incidents occurred near Eastern Market Metro.  (An ugly day-time assault of a Good Samaritan who intervened in a dispute between teens near the corner of Pennsylvania and 8^th Street, SE, on September 22^nd, does not appear to be indicated on the crime map.)

Violent Crime PSA 107 Past 30 Days

Violent Crime PSA 107 Previous 30 Days

The five incidents of violence include one case of sex abuse and four robberies without a gun.  (It’s not possible from the information given to determine which crimes occurred where, but it seems likely the four robberies occurred near the Metro stop.)  The previous 30 days saw 3 robberies without gun, 4 robberies with gun, 4 simple assaults, and 2 assaults with a deadly weapon.

Non Violent Crime in PSA 107 Past 30 Days

Non Violent Crime in PSA 107 Previous 30 Days

There was also a drop in nonviolent crime in PSA 107 to 87 incidents in the past 30 days, down from 124 incidents in the previous 30 days.  The 87 incidents include 3 burglaries (down from 5), 38 thefts (down from 64), 37 thefts from auto (down from 45), and 9 stolen autos (down from 10).   Again, a close look at the crime map shows many of these nonviolent crimes are clustered around Barracks Row.

Here’s a link to the MPD Crime Map:  http://crimemap.dc.gov/

PSA 107 will meet Thursday, October 1, at 7:00pm in Southeast Library, lower level.

The clouds opened up about 9:30 pm tonight to allow a view of the Lunar Eclipse from Capitol Hill

Lunar Eclipse Viewed from Capitol Hill circa 10:25pm,

The Week Ahead… Moving Bus Stops – 2^nd RFK Stadium meeting – Excavation of CSX Tunnel Starts

by Larry Janezich

Monday, September 28

1. ANC6B Planning and Zoning PUD Subcommittee meets at 7:00pm at Hill Center.

Agenda:

Informational presentation on IPG PUD for Bowie’s/Signature site

Consolidated list of suggested benefits and amenities concepts for multiple ANC6B PUD projects

Discussion of draft package for 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, PUD

2. ANC 6A Community Outreach Committee (COC), meets at 7:00pm at Maury Elementary School, Multi-Purpose Room, 1250 Constitution Avenue, NE (Enter from 13th Street).

Agenda:

Update on Grant Application

Grant Outreach and Communication

Grant Training Session

3. DDOT/ANC6D/ANC6B Virginia Avenue Streetscape Community Meeting at 7:00pm, 200 I Street, SE.  Presentation will include proposed greenway from 2^nd Street to 9^th Street, connecting Garfild park and Virginia Avenue Park.

Tuesday, September 29

1. ANC6B Executive Committee meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center to set the agenda for the October 13 regular meeting of the Commission.

Wednesday, September 30

1. Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) meets at 7:00pm, North Hall, Eastern Market
2. DDOT Open House/community meeting from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the SE Library, 403 7th Street SE, to receive community input on the proposed consolidation of [Update: (Circulator – see link below)] bus stops, including the following:

Northbound

• M Street SE at 4th Street SE: Consolidate to 600 M Street SE
• 8th Street SE at E Street SE: Consolidate to 8th Street, SE at Pennsylvania Avenue SE
• Pennsylvania Avenue SE at 5^th Street SE (Seward Square): Consolidate to Pennsylvania Avenue SE at 3rd Street SE
• 8th Street SE at G Street SE: Consider future consolidation to 8^th Street SE at L Street SE if low ridership persists

Southbound

• Pennsylvania Avenue SE at 5^th Street SE (Seward Square): Consolidate to Pennsylvania Avenue SE at 8th Street SE and/or Independence Ave at 2^nd Street SE
• 8th Street SE at D Street SE: Consolidate to Pennsylvania Avenue at 8th Street SE
• M Street SE at 4th Street SE: Consolidate to 600 M Street SE
• 8th Street SE at G Street SE: Consider future consolidation to 8thStreet SE at L Street SE if low ridership persists.

See DDOT announcement here:  http://bit.ly/1LIna7g

3. RFK Stadium Redevelopment Citywide Community Meeting, 6:00pm at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, West Salon (Street Level), 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW. This is the second of two community meetings seeking input for FRK Stadium redevelopment and planning inclusive of DC Armory, Maloof Skate Park and the Festival Grounds.  Events DC requests RSVP here:  https://rfkcommunity2.splashthat.com/  For CHC’s report on the first meeting, see here:  http://bit.ly/1QIAA2Q
4. CSX VAT meeting at 7:30am at the courtyard Marriott Hotel, 140 L Street, SE. Excavation work for the first new CSX tunnel is expected to begin in the 400 block of Virginia Avenue during the week of September 28.

Thursday, October 1

1. ANC6C Transportation and Public Space Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2nd Street, NE.

Agenda not available at press time.

2. Police Service Area (PSA) 107 meeting 7:00pm, SE Library, 403 7th Street, SE, lower level
3. Friends of Southeast Library (FOSEL) meets at 5:30pm, SE Library, 403 7^th Street, SE, lower level

Future Home of the Lincoln Park Kitchen and Wine Bar

106 13^th Street, SE., formerly Park Cafe, formerly Ninnella – appears to be seguing into the Lincoln Park Kitchen and Wine Bar.  Not much information is available yet, other than FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/lincolnparkkitchen?sk=photos

The Week Ahead….

by Larry Janezich

Monday, September 21

1. ANC6A Transportation & Public Space Committee meets at 7:00pm at Capitol Hill Towers (900 G Street, NE).

Among items on the agenda:

Presentation from DDOT on progress of rulemaking regarding resident-only parking.

Events DC plan to construct a playground on the 2000 Block of C Street, NE.

2. ANC6B Business Meeting: 7:00pm, 1100 4th Street, SW, 2nd Floor

Among items on the agenda:

Square 700 (1200 Block of South Capitol St. SE) residential building presentation

DC Water headquarters at non-historic pumping station

Randall Recreation Center funding

Proposed WMATA bus service changes

Saturday, September 26

1. PSA 106 Meets at 10:00am, at 900 5th Street, SE.
2. The Sherwood Neighborhood Volunteers are hosting the Second Annual Sherwood Day starting at 10 am at the Sherwood Recreation Center (640 10th Street, NE). Fun, family-friendly, community-building activities, including a moon bounce and face painting, going until at least 2 pm.

RFK Stadium. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

Hill East Residents/CM Charles Allen Question Use of RFK for Future NFL Stadium

DC’s Convention and Sporting Authority Solicits Neighbors’ Input on RFK Site

by Larry Janezich

Officials from Events DC declared “we messed up,” to a crowd of over 100 Hill East residents gathered to discuss the future of the 190-acre RFK site last night at St. Coletta’s School.  The self-deprecating admission, along with the officials’ answers to pointed questions raised by residents, gave some attendees the sense that city representatives were paying lip service to residents in public, while off stage plans are being made to move an agenda forward regardless of the desires of the neighbors most affected by the development.

Events DC, the city’s convention and sporting authority formed years ago by Councilmember Evans, admitted to neighbors of the RFK parcel that the organization should have reached out to the community much earlier in the process of their concept development study for RFK.

They did so last night in part to respond to concerns raised by Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, who represents residents of the Ward 6 neighborhoods bordering RFK, though the stadium itself falls in Ward 7.  Allen broke away from a city council hearing on crime to address the meeting, receiving the loudest applause of the night when he said that he did not think a new NFL stadium was “the best use” of the RFK site.

After attendees broke up into small working groups to brainstorm, residents questioned the constraints to future development cited by Events DC in its opening presentation.  ANC6B Commissioner Brian Flahavan was applauded when he dismissed the idea that the city’s current lease with the National Park Service for the land, set to expire in 2038, dictated a stadium use for RFK.  “The city renegotiates leases with the federal government all the time,” Flahavan said, and pointed out that a compelling community vision for the land was a prerequisite to successful disposition.

Based on reports from the various working groups, the desirability of community green space, especially sports fields, was a major point of agreement among residents.  A few mentioned remediation and restoration of the Anacostia waterfront; a new Metro stop; and a Central Park-like space, with pedestrian walkways intersecting parks and public performance areas.

During the question period later in the evening, a couple of residents probed whether Events DC, which receives a portion of its budget from stadium proceeds, was a neutral party to study the future disposition.  Brian Flahavan rose once again to point out that, in PowerPoint slides enumerating the organizations Events DC had conducted interviews with to discuss potential future uses, the Washington professional football team was not listed.  He asked whether this meant that Mayor Bowser was conducting her own separate discussions with the group; officials acknowledged that she was.  ANC6B Commissioner Nick Burger then questioned the ultimate value of seeking neighborhood input when Events DC was not engaged with the Mayor’s preferred tenant for the site.  Former ANC6B Commissioner Francis Campbell inquired whether any of the sports teams or universities that Events DC had engaged had the financial ability to develop a stadium in the next 2-5 years, and Events DC representative Max Brown responded with a simple “no.”  Former ANC6B Commissioner Ken Jarboe posed another pointed question when he asked whether city officials were contemplating any other parcel of land for a professional football stadium.  Events DC officials once again gave a simple response of “no.”

Last night’s meeting was the first of two meetings hosted by Events DC held on the future of RFK.  The second meeting will be held on September 30 and will be posted on CHC’s feature “The Week Ahead,” on Sunday, September 27.

Violent Crime in PSA 108 from August 17, 2015, to September 16, 2015

Violent Crime in PSA 108 from July 18, 2015, to August 16, 2015

Property Crime in PSA 108 from August 17, 2015, to September 16, 2015

Property Crime in PSA 108 from July 18, 2015, to August 16, 2015

Comparing Recent Crime Stats in Hill East  (PSA 108 Meets Tonight)

MPD Crime Maps and Statistics Paint a Very Fuzzy Picture

by Larry Janezich

A comparison of violent and property crime for the past 30 days with the previous 30 days in PSA 108 shows that the numbers of violent crime has increased slightly, while the number of property crimes dropped significantly.*

The violent crimes fell into two categories – robberies and assault; robberies (with and without a gun) were the most frequent offense.  Three instances of violent crime occurred in the 1500 block of East Capitol in the last 30 days, but it is unclear from the crime maps which crime had been committed.

The property crimes fell into four categories – burglary, theft, theft from auto, and stolen auto, with theft being the most common.  The significant drop in property crime came in the category of theft.  It’s possible the drop is connected to the new records management system – in any event, what the drop actually means is difficult to determine, given the broad definition of what constitutes “theft” (see MPD crime definitions below).

While the MPD crime maps and accompanying explanatory text can paint a broad picture of the general nature of crime and where it occurred, a look at the MPD definitions of crime** from the same website shows how difficult it is to determine exactly what happened and where.  In addition, the default comparison of crime data on the crime maps is the previous 30 days compared with the same period for a year ago.  While this information is interesting, of much more import to residents is crime data for the past 30 days compared with crime data from the previous 30 days – and even the previous 30 days before that – to get a snapshot of how crime is trending over the past 60 to 90 days.

PSA 108 meets Thursday night at 7:00pm at Liberty Baptist Church, 527 Kentucky Avenue, SE.  More information on the details of what happened and where should be available there.  The MPD Crime Map can be found here:  http://crimemap.dc.gov/

*On Sunday, August 23rd, the MPDC implemented a new records management system called Cobalt. The offense categories presented within this application have remained the same; however, all statistics are subject to change due to a variety of reasons, such as changes in classification, the determination that certain offense reports were unfounded, or late reporting.

** MPD Crime Offense Definitions

Abbreviated definitions of DC Index Offenses per DC Official Code Statutes, Title 22: Criminal Offenses and Penalties (Please note these will not match the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definitions; these are specific to District of Columbia Criminal Statutes)

Homicide:   Killing of another purposely, or otherwise, with malice aforethought.

Sex Abuse:   Engaging in or causing another person to submit to a sexual act by force, threat or reasonable fear, involuntary impairment of the person’s ability to appraise or control his or her conduct, rendering that other person unconscious or under conditions wherein a reasonable person would not believe that consent was freely and knowingly given. The most serious sex abuse categories are included in the reports of DC Code Index Violent Crimes: Sexual Assault and on the Crime Mapping Application. The figures reported in this category include First Degree Sex Abuse, Second Degree Sex Abuse, Attempted First Degree Sex Abuse and Assault with Intent to Commit First Degree Sex Abuse against adults. Data in this format is available online from 2011.

Robbery:   The taking of anything of value from another person by force, violence or fear.

Assault Dangerous Weapon (ADW)/Aggravated Assault:   Knowingly or purposely causing serious bodily injury, threatening to do so, or knowingly engaging in conduct that creates a grave risk of serious bodily injury to another person.

Arson:   The malicious burning, or attempt to burn, any structure, vessel, vehicle, railroad car or property of another.

Burglary:   The unlawful entry of a structure, vessel, watercraft, railroad car or yard where chattels are deposited with the intent to commit any criminal offense

Burglary-1:  Burglary of a dwelling or other building that is occupied at the time of the event.

Burglary-1 Armed:  Committing the act of burglary by use of, or threat of, any dangerous or deadly weapon.

Burglary-2:  Burglary of a dwelling or other building that is not occupied at the time of the event.

Motor Vehicle Theft:   The theft of any self-propelled, motor driven vehicle that is primarily intended to transport persons and property on a highway.

Theft:   Wrongfully obtaining or using the property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of the value thereof.

Theft-1:  Theft of another’s property valued at $1000 or more.

Theft-2 Armed:  Theft of another’s property valued at less than $1000.

Theft F/Auto:   of items from within a vehicle, excluding motor vehicle parts and accessories.

Theft/Other:   A broad inclusion of Theft offenses including embezzlement, theft of services and fraud/false pretenses. The Theft/Other category excludes theft of items from a motor vehicle or the motor vehicle itself.

Robbery – Pickpocket:   A Robbery committed by the sudden and stealthy seizure of a wallet or other item from the body of a person. Since no overt force is used this offense will be classified as a theft.

Robbery – Snatch:   A Robbery committed by the sudden and stealthy seizure of a purse, wallet or other item from another person’s possession, in his/her presence and without the use of overt force. Since no force is used this offense will be classified as a theft.