WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police have arrested two women accused of robbing someone while they were waiting for a ride-hailing service over the weekend.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday that 34-year-old Latrisha Pickett and 25-year-old Caprice Thomas, both of Southeast, were arrested and charged in connection with the offense, which took place on July 13.
At around 1:45 a.m. that morning, officers responded to the 800 block of Chesapeake St., SE, for a reported robbery. There, officers learned that the suspects, later identified as Thomas and Pickett, approached someone who was waiting for a ride-hailing service and assaulted them, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
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Pickett and Thomas then allegedly took the person’s property before fleeing. However, officers who were canvassing the area arrested the pair upon noticing they matched the suspects’ descriptions…