Officials are warning people that stepping out onto naturally formed ice on rivers and bodies of water is unsafe.
“Although it looks safe, although it looks like you could walk on it, it is extremely dangerous, extremely deadly and also illegal,” Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Andrew Horos, who also serves as the District’s harbormaster, said on social media when the Potomac River froze over.
The Metropolitan Police Department told WRC-TV that, though no tickets had been issued yet, people could get fined up to $100 for walking on the ice…