Man arrested in connection to armed robbery in Northwest DC pharmacy

By Valerie Bonk
August 22, 2026 | 2:48 PM

A man was arrested in connection to an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Northwest D.C. Friday.

Police said Jamari Brighthaupt, 25, of Southeast D.C., was wearing a ski mask when he entered a pharmacy in the 1800 block of Columbia Road NW and demanded prescription medications.

He then, “jumped over the counter and made additional demands while brandishing a firearm,” police said.

Brighthaupt then fled the pharmacy with stolen prescription drugs, according to police.

Police located him after he crashed his vehicle. Brighthaupt then ran on foot in the 1500 block of North Capitol Street NW.

A firearm and prescription drugs were recovered at the scene, according to police.

Brighthaupt was charged with robbery while armed (gun), possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, felon in possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and similar charges.

Below is a map where the robbery took place:

Map of Northwest DC pharmacy armed robbery — (Courtesy Google Maps)Courtesy Google Maps

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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