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05/05/2008
Nuisance Property Abatement Success Story

1631 Euclid St NW Apt. 302
( PSA 303)(Ward 1)

A single apartment located in a senior citizen building posed a security risk for the residents of that building. The building is owned by a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing for low income, disadvantaged tenants. During the summer of 2004, The Community Prosecution team learned that this apartment was being used to prepare and package drugs sold in the surrounding neighborhood. The Community Prosecution team contacted MPD PSA officers and a special narcotics unit to make an undercover purchase from the apartment but those attempts were unsuccessful. Thereafter, the Community Prosecutor directed the PSA officers to bring any incident involving this building to his attention. Patience paid off when officers informed the Community Prosecution team that the tenant from the subject apartment threatened a maintenance worker in the building. Prosecutors immediately went to work with MPD to approve a warrant for the tenant’s arrest. She was then prosecuted and found guilty at trial. This prosecution enabled the nonprofit to begin eviction proceedings against the tenant. As of June, 2005, she had vacated the apartment. The apartment no longer serves as a drug packaging site for local dealers. The building Property Manager related to Community Prosecution staff that he was very happy with the result and praised those involved for improving the quality of life of the tenants in the building.

 

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