3Dating app meet-up turns violent in Mount Pleasant robbery arrest

Washington, DC — A man was arrested early Wednesday after allegedly robbing someone he had invited to his Mount Pleasant home following a connection made through a dating app, police said.

At approximately 4:29 a.m., officers from the Third District responded to the 3400 block of Brown Street, Northwest, for a reported robbery inside a private residence. According to investigators, the suspect and victim had arranged to meet through an online dating platform. During the encounter, a dispute broke out, and the suspect forcibly took the victim’s belongings before chasing the victim out of the residence.

Responding officers found the suspect at the scene and took him into custody. The suspect, identified as 32-year-old Aar

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