Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District have announced an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon offense that occurred on Monday, August 6, 2018, in the 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest.

At approximately 1:41 am, the victim and suspect were engaged in a verbal dispute at the listed location. During the dispute, the suspect made derogatory statements to the victim. The suspect then picked up a bicycle lock and struck the victim. The suspect was apprehended by responding officers. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

On Monday, August 6, 2018, 24-year-old Maxim Smith, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating this offense as being motivated by hate or bias. The designation can be changed at any point as an investigation proceeds and more information is gathered. A designation as a hate crime by MPD does not mean that prosecutors will prosecute it as a hate crime.