Guns in Violin Case, Other Weapons Found Along Potomac in DC.
'A walker in Washington came across two guns in a violin case along the Potomac River
on Wednesday, leading police to find several other weapons stashed in the area,
officials said.
U.S. Park Police said a woman walking in the woods near the C&O Canal, which runs
along the river, found the case. When law enforcement officers arrived, they found more
guns and ammunition — some in pails, others in plastic garbage bags.
"At this point, we don't know how they got there, why they're here or when they got here"
police spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Rose said.
She said officers found a variety of weapons, including long guns and pistols.
The D.C. police bomb squad was conducting a sweep of the area.
The woman who found the violin case took it to authorities near a boathouse parking lot,
according to park police.
When Barbara Joan Saffir pulled into the lot before her regular run, she said she saw the
violin case on a concrete barrier and a police officer guarding the weapons.
"Nobody ever hikes on that side of the canal" where the violin case was found, Saffir said.
"People walk on the towpath."
She added that the area is "normally super quiet."...'
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Guns Found in Violin Case at Fletcher's Cove in NW DC.
'Police will try to trace the guns and determine if they have been used in any crimes.
A woman found a violin case filled with guns in the woods along the C&O Canal near
Fletcher's Cove in northwest Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon.
"The woman that found it happened to be hiking in the area and found this pile of
debris along canal road," U.S. Park Police Sgt. Anna Rose said.
In the debris, the woman found the violin case, took it to the Boathouse at Fletcher's
Cove and called police. Police searched the woods near the canal with K-9 units and
discovered more weapons -- handguns and long guns -- and ammunition in bags and
buckets along the tow path near Arizona Avenue...'
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Head of D.C. National Guard to step down during Trump inauguration.
'The head of the District of Columbia National Guard has been ordered to step down
immediately after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
A guard spokesman, Maj. Byron Coward, said Friday that Maj. Gen. Errol Schwartz
will be stepping down at 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20, just after Trump is sworn in.
Unlike the commanders of state-level National Guard units, the head of the District's
National Guard serves at the pleasure of the president.
At the time Schwartz departs, he will be in the midst of commanding thousands of
Guard troops from the District and around the country who are providing support
for the inauguration.
Schwartz told The Washington Post in an interview "the timing is very unusual"
but that he's following orders. "I'm a soldier," he told the newspaper, adding that he
has not been told why he was asked to step down...'
The Army Times:
D.C. National Guard Chief Fired Days Before Trump Inauguration:
"The Timing Is Extremely Unusual".
'..."It doesn’t make sense to can the general in the middle of an active deployment," rages
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) after Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, who heads
the D.C. National Guard and is an integral part of overseeing the inauguration, has been
ordered removed from command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is
sworn in as president.
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As The Washington Post reports, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz’s departure will come in the
midst of the presidential ceremony, classified as a national special security event
— and while thousands of his troops are deployed to help protect the nation’s capital
during an inauguration he has spent months helping to plan.
“The timing is extremely unusual,” Schwartz said in an interview Friday morning,
confirming a memo announcing his ouster that was obtained by The Washington Post.
During the inauguration, Schwartz would command not only the members of the D.C.
guard but also an additional 5,000 unarmed troops sent in from across the country to
help. He also would oversee military air support protecting the nation’s capital during
the inauguration.
“My troops will be on the street,” Schwartz, who turned 65 in October, said, “I’ll see them
off but I won’t be able to welcome them back to the armory.” He said that he would “never
plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle.”
Schwartz, who was appointed to head the guard by President George W. Bush in 2008,
maintained the position through President Obama’s two terms.
He said his orders came from the Pentagon but that he doesn’t know who made the decision...'
Zero Hedge:
'A walker in Washington came across two guns in a violin case along the Potomac River
on Wednesday, leading police to find several other weapons stashed in the area,
officials said.
U.S. Park Police said a woman walking in the woods near the C&O Canal, which runs
along the river, found the case. When law enforcement officers arrived, they found more
guns and ammunition — some in pails, others in plastic garbage bags.
"At this point, we don't know how they got there, why they're here or when they got here"
police spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Rose said.
She said officers found a variety of weapons, including long guns and pistols.
The D.C. police bomb squad was conducting a sweep of the area.
The woman who found the violin case took it to authorities near a boathouse parking lot,
according to park police.
When Barbara Joan Saffir pulled into the lot before her regular run, she said she saw the
violin case on a concrete barrier and a police officer guarding the weapons.
"Nobody ever hikes on that side of the canal" where the violin case was found, Saffir said.
"People walk on the towpath."
She added that the area is "normally super quiet."...'
SOURCE:
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Guns Found in Violin Case at Fletcher's Cove in NW DC.
'Police will try to trace the guns and determine if they have been used in any crimes.
A woman found a violin case filled with guns in the woods along the C&O Canal near
Fletcher's Cove in northwest Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon.
"The woman that found it happened to be hiking in the area and found this pile of
debris along canal road," U.S. Park Police Sgt. Anna Rose said.
In the debris, the woman found the violin case, took it to the Boathouse at Fletcher's
Cove and called police. Police searched the woods near the canal with K-9 units and
discovered more weapons -- handguns and long guns -- and ammunition in bags and
buckets along the tow path near Arizona Avenue...'
SOURCE:
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Head of D.C. National Guard to step down during Trump inauguration.
'The head of the District of Columbia National Guard has been ordered to step down
immediately after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
A guard spokesman, Maj. Byron Coward, said Friday that Maj. Gen. Errol Schwartz
will be stepping down at 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20, just after Trump is sworn in.
Unlike the commanders of state-level National Guard units, the head of the District's
National Guard serves at the pleasure of the president.
At the time Schwartz departs, he will be in the midst of commanding thousands of
Guard troops from the District and around the country who are providing support
for the inauguration.
Schwartz told The Washington Post in an interview "the timing is very unusual"
but that he's following orders. "I'm a soldier," he told the newspaper, adding that he
has not been told why he was asked to step down...'
The Army Times:
D.C. National Guard Chief Fired Days Before Trump Inauguration:
"The Timing Is Extremely Unusual".
'..."It doesn’t make sense to can the general in the middle of an active deployment," rages
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) after Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, who heads
the D.C. National Guard and is an integral part of overseeing the inauguration, has been
ordered removed from command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is
sworn in as president.
As The Washington Post reports, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz’s departure will come in the
midst of the presidential ceremony, classified as a national special security event
— and while thousands of his troops are deployed to help protect the nation’s capital
during an inauguration he has spent months helping to plan.
“The timing is extremely unusual,” Schwartz said in an interview Friday morning,
confirming a memo announcing his ouster that was obtained by The Washington Post.
During the inauguration, Schwartz would command not only the members of the D.C.
guard but also an additional 5,000 unarmed troops sent in from across the country to
help. He also would oversee military air support protecting the nation’s capital during
the inauguration.
“My troops will be on the street,” Schwartz, who turned 65 in October, said, “I’ll see them
off but I won’t be able to welcome them back to the armory.” He said that he would “never
plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle.”
Schwartz, who was appointed to head the guard by President George W. Bush in 2008,
maintained the position through President Obama’s two terms.
He said his orders came from the Pentagon but that he doesn’t know who made the decision...'
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