Overview
- A lone female baker was inside the Georgetown Cupcake shop when an unidentified man smashed the front window by throwing a stolen beer keg late on Sunday, sending her to hide and causing physical damage to the storefront.
- Investigators say the same person is now suspected of damaging another M Street business on April 24 after reviewing recovered surveillance footage that they say shows the same man inside a different building.
- Released images show the suspect wearing a purple paper bracelet and cocking back a dark object on the sidewalk, and business footage suggests he first tried to rip up a curbside trash can before taking a keg from a nearby home and returning to throw it through the window.
- Georgetown Cupcake reopened hours after the attack, but co-owners say the lone employee remains shaken and that the incident heightened local concern about late-night vandalism in the busy M Street corridor.
- MPD is asking anyone with information to call 202-727-9099 or text tips to 50411 and has offered a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an indictment as the investigation continues.