Half Street holdup ends with robber taking phone and password

Robber threatens victim for phone password in Southeast DC holdup

Washington, D.C. — A man was robbed of his cellphone after a suspect threatened him and demanded the device’s password during a late-night encounter in Southeast Washington.

The incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on March 4 in the 1000 block of Half Street SE.

According to investigators, the suspect…