Crime Report: Pulling Guns on the Ritz

(Updated at 3:00 p.m.) A man was arrested outside the Pentagon City Ritz-Carlton hotel early Wednesday morning after police say he became upset at the hotel's rates and brandished two...

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Moran Marks Anniversary of Va. Tech Massacre -- Rep. Jim Moran (D) marked the fifth anniversary of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech yesterday by calling on Congress to improve gun control...

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Wienermobile Spotted in Arlington -- The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was spotted yesterday afternoon at the entrance to Bluemont Park (above). No word yet on what it was doing there. Vornado Hurt...

Man Sentenced for Guns Found Buried Near I-66

An Arlington man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for "possessing firearms after being convicted of a felony." The charge stems from an incident in October when a number of guns were...

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General Assembly Votes to Lift Gun Purchase Limit -- The Virginia General Assembly has voted to lift the state's limit of one gun purchase per month. The limit, which has been in place since...

Crystal City Man Convicted of Prostitute Attacks

A man accused of forcing prostitutes to perform sex acts at gunpoint in Crystal City is facing a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty or being found guilty on an assortment of charges. Last...

Anti-Gun Group Calls on Merrick to Release NRA Survey

Update at 6:30 p.m. -- Merrick's survey has been released. A group of gun control advocates is calling on Republican state Senate candidate Caren Merrick to make good on her pledge to release the...

Arlington Man Arrested on Gun Charge After FBI Raid

(Updated at 3:50 p.m.) An Arlington resident has been arrested in connection with last night's FBI raid in Cherrydale and last week's discovery of buried weapons near I-66. Rodney M....

Social Issues Dominate State Senate Debate

Republican state Senate candidate Caren Merrick is running on jobs, jobs, jobs. But questions from the audience at last night's candidate forum in Cherrydale focused on abortion, guns and more...

FBI Evidence Response Team on Patrick Henry Drive

FBI agents are using metal detectors, shovels and buckets to try to locate new evidence at the site where gun parts and PVC pipes were found buried in the ground yesterday morning. An FBI...

FBI Investigating Guns Found Near I-66

Update on 10/13 -- This developing story has been updated. (Updated at 5:45 p.m.) The FBI is now investigating weapons found buried near I-66 and the Patrick Henry Drive overpass. FBI...

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Police Investigate BB Gun Bike-By Shooting -- Arlington Police searched for a pair of young men on bikes last night after one of them allegedly shot a woman in the arm with a BB gun near the...

Teen With Gun Spotted, But Not Found

A search for a teenager spotted with a gun on the W&OD trail this morning caused some anxious moments but turned up nothing. The call came in to police around 11:15 a.m., stating that a young...

Crime Report: Armed and Dangerous Edition

Guns were involved in two notable incidents from this week's Arlington County crime report. Last Wednesday, an argument in the Pentagon City mall food court turned dangerous when a man brandished...

Armed Robbery at Ballston Quiznos

We're just finding out about a brazen armed robbery in the middle of Ballston Wednesday evening. A man held up the Quiznos in the National Science Foundation building (4201 Wilson Blvd) around...