Crime Report: Lessons for Criminals Edition

This week's Arlington County crime report includes several cases that may serve as important lessons for criminals. For instance, if you're going to (allegedly) shoplift from The Gap, leave the 16...

Hit and Run Driver Rear-Ends Police Cruiser in Courthouse

The driver of a gray Jaguar, apparently fleeing after a collision in Courthouse, rear-ended a police cruiser two blocks away. The police cruiser suffered minor damage as a result of the...

Crime Report: False Statement Edition

A quick public service announcement: If you're going to file a false police report, you might want to first make sure you left the pot at home. FALSE POLICE REPORT-ARREST 06/16/10, 1800 block of...

Crime Report: Guy Punches Bus, Exposes Himself

From this week's Arlington County Police Department crime report: DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY/EXPOSURE-ARREST 05/13/10, 3800 block of Wilson Boulevard. On May 13 at 6 pm, a man attempted to flag over a...

Crime Report: Chef Burg-Lar-Eee Edition

This week's Arlington crime report is especially long, but that's just because it details incidents from the past two weeks (as opposed to the normal one). The report includes the bank robbery and...

Crime Report: Angry Drunks Edition

If you're drunk and next to a police station, and you assault a police officer, it's not going to end very well for you. If you're drunk and being thrown out of a bar, and you bite a security guard,...

Police Cruiser Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver

An Arlington police officer was sent to the hospital after his parked cruiser was struck by a suspected drunk driver. The officer was on a traffic detail on the 1700 block of N. Glebe Road at 2:00...