The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia prosecuted more than half of the local arrests made by Metropolitan Police last fiscal year — its highest number since 2018 and just two years after the office’s high dismissal rate was blamed for helping fuel the city’s generational crime wave.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office took to court 57% of the cases referred by the police department in fiscal 2024, which ended Sept. 30.
The office, which deals with most local crimes charged in the District, prosecuted just over 70% of felony cases and 51% of misdemeanor cases during that period…