Federal prosecutors said Saturday they had not prosecuted DC police against four men arrested at a home where authorities found Pablo, a puppy who had been removed by its owner at gunpoint. As a result, the men, aged 18 to 31, were released from custody on Friday, the same day police told a news conference that they raided an apartment in northeastern Washington on Thursday night and found the dog, a firearm. and drugs. The status of the charges against three minors, men aged 14, 15 and 17 who were also arrested in the apartment, could not be determined. The Attorney General’s Office, which prosecutes juvenile offenders, did not respond to a request for comment. The police had blamed the people found in the apartment at the 1200 block of 18th Place Ne for possession of a stolen property – a dog – and said that their research continued for a series of armed robbery and shots that occurred within one hour on Wednesday afternoon northwest and northeast Washington. DC police have arrested seven people found with a dog in an armed robbery Two dogs were arrested in two of the gun robberies – Pablo, an 11-week-old Australian Shepherd in Shaw, and Bruno, a 1-year-old French Bulldog in Brightwood Park. Bruno was not in the apartment where police found Pablo and remains missing. Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the county, will not explain why the charges were dropped. “The investigation is ongoing and we have no further comment at this time,” Miller said in a statement issued Saturday. Prosecutors choose not to proceed with cases for a variety of reasons, including seeking more substantial evidence and linking specific acts to individuals. It is unlikely that the men were detained even if they were charged with theft. DC Assistant Chief of Police Morgan C. Kane said on Saturday that “our intention is to further investigate and reopen these allegations. . We do not close it and continue “. On Friday, Kane said police found more than 100 rounds of ammunition, a 0.45 caliber pistol and an AK-47-like assault rifle in the apartment at the north end of Carver-Langston. Kane said police are gathering evidence to link guns, drugs and robberies to specific individuals. Additional people who were not in the apartment at the time of the raid may also be sought. Kane said police found out about the apartment after discovering a silver Audi believed to have been used in all of Wednesday’s attacks. But they did not have enough evidence to blame anyone for the robberies or to link them to the firearms found in the apartment. “It’s too early to investigate,” Kane said Friday. Abby Sevcik, who along with her boyfriend owns Pablo and joined police at a news conference on Friday, said on Saturday that the couple was grateful for their pet’s return and did not want to discuss the investigation. Attempts to reach the four men arrested by police were unsuccessful on Saturday. People in the apartment where police said Pablo was detained for about 30 hours refused to answer questions and did not open their door to a visiting journalist.
