In the fall of 2004, neighbors in the 800 block of F Street, N.E. contacted the United States Attorney's Office requesting abatement of a drug nuisance located at 810 F Street, N.E. The Community Prosecutor for the First District discovered that the owner of the property had pled guilty to a federal narcotics violation in the Eastern District of Virginia based upon an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia informed the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia of neighborhood concerns regarding drug activity on the property and urged forfeiture of the property. As a result, the owner agreed to forfeit his interest in the property because it had been used to facilitate the commission of illegal drug activity.

On February 3, 2005, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered an order forfeiting the property and the United States Marshal's Service subsequently took control of the property on February 19, 2005. Since the forfeiture, a community member states, "the tranquillity of the block has been restored."