DISTRICT BRIEFING

GEORGETOWN AREA

1 Man Might Be Behind Assaults

D.C. police said one man might be responsible for at least five incidents in which women in or near Georgetown were accosted or sexually assaulted in their homes since January, each by an early-morning intruder.

Georgetown University issued a warning to students about the latest incident, in which a student living off campus awoke early Friday and found a man in her bed. After groping her, officials said, the man fled.

That incident occurred in the 3700 block of R Street NW, the same block where a similar incident was reported Jan. 13. Police said similar intrusions occurred May 16 in the 2400 block of Huidekoper Place NW, June 1 in the 1900 block of 38th Street NW and June 26 in the 2400 block of Tunlaw Road NW.

-- Paul Duggan

NORTHEAST

Man Charged With Murder

A 28-year-old District man was charged with murder yesterday in the shooting death of a man Monday night in the unit block of Quincy Place NE.

The victim, Gregory A. Gray, 21, was found suffering from gunshot wounds near his Quincy Place home shortly after 9:30 p.m., police said. They said homicide detectives arrested George Jeffries of Northeast Washington yesterday afternoon and charged him with first-degree murder.

Authorities did not disclose a motive for the killing.