The incident Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse is one of several in which valets have been targeted, and comes as robberies and car thefts are on the rise.
James Bernard Tyler III said he doesn’t like to be in D.C. too late at night. But with friends visiting from out of state, the Maryland resident made an exception on Saturday.
As the group’s $765 dinner at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse on I Street NW in the CityCenter area drew to a close, police said someone swiped four keys or key fobs from the valet stand in front of the restaurant.If the theft was a precursor to a broader automobile heist, it didn’t come to fruition. None of the vehicles were taken. But the victims, including Tyler, a 50-year-old retired D.C.
Tyler said he had told his guests from Mississippi before the night began: “I don’t like to be out this late in D.C. because stupid stuff happens.”up precipitously in D.C. this year over last, and restaurant valets have periodically been targeted, including in February and during Christmastime last year, according to police. Authorities recorded another incident on Thursday night at Kitchen + Kocktails in the 1300 block of I Street NW, on Franklin Square.A police report in that case says four people in a black Infiniti pulled up to the valet stand.
They jumped back into the Infiniti and the driver took off. But police said a valet chased the vehicle on foot to 13th and K streets NW, where a BMW belonging to a patron had been parked. Police said the valet was beaten while trying to stop at least one person from getting into the customer’s vehicle, and the assailants escaped with that car.The valet was treated at a hospital for head and facial injuries, authorities said. Police said there was a Glock handgun and ammunition in the vehicle.
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