Police: Man enters NW DC home, sexually assaults woman

By Lara DeSanto
March 4, 2017 | 10:06 AM

WASHINGTON — Police are searching for a man who entered a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her Friday night in Northwest D.C.

The suspect entered the woman’s home in the 2300 block of California Street NW at around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, March 3, police said in a news release. There was no sign of forced entry, according to the police report, and the woman was not sure how the man got inside.

The man bound the woman’s hands and blindfolded her before raping her, the police report said. The man also robbed her of some of her items.

Police described the incident as first-degree sexual abuse and said it was a burglary one offense.

Other than his gender, no further description of the man was available.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit asked the community for help in describing or identifying the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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