Crime Report: Fighting Back Edition

A woman was sexually assaulted last night as she walked into her apartment building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. The victim managed to fight back, however, and the suspect left some...

Attacks on Two Women Prompt Warning from Police

Attacks on two women on the same night, believed to be by the same suspect, have Arlington County Police cautioning walkers, particularly women. Both incidents took place late last Friday, May...

Woman Wakes Up to Find Neighbor Having Sex with Her

A woman says woke up after a day of drinking to find a neighbor having sex with her as her boyfriend slept on a couch nearby. The alleged incident happened early Sunday morning on the 300 block of...

UPDATED: Woman Sexually Assaulted Near Ballston

(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) A man was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a woman near Ballston last night. The alleged incident happened around 9:00 p.m., in front of a church on the 600...

Man Found Guilty of Raping Arlington Woman While She Slept

A man is facing a possible 93-year prison sentence after being found guilty of raping an Arlington woman while she slept. D.C. resident Ronald P. Berton, 37, was accused of crimes against two...

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...

Crime Report: Crimes Against Women

This week's Arlington County crime report contained several incidents of frightening crimes against women. Among them: RAPE, 01/25/12, 3000 block of Columbia Pike. Between 2 and 3 pm on January 25,...

Police Ask for Sexual Assault Victims to Come Forward

The Arlington County Police Department's Special Victims Unit asks for the public's help in solving a crime. The department is trying to catch a sex offender and would like victims or witnesses to...

Crime Report: Female Escort Sexually Assaulted

A female escort was held against her will and sexually assaulted in a Crystal City hotel room last week, according to the latest Arlington County crime report. ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO DEFILE /...

ACPD Investigates Sexual Assault in Arlington Ridge

A female jogger was sexually assaulted this morning on Army Navy Drive, in the Arlington Ridge neighborhood, according to police. The jogger, 37, was knocked to the ground, kicked several times...

Attempted Sexual Assault Near Courthouse

Arlington Police are looking for a man suspected of trying to sexually assault one woman and improperly touching another last Friday. The crimes took place near the Rosslyn and Courthouse...

Crime Report: Day Laborer Robbed

In this week's Arlington County crime report, we learn more about the suspect arrested after a series of foot chases Sunday night. ABDUCTION-ARREST, 05/02/11, 4900 block of N. 19th Street. On May 1...

Crime Report: Unwanted Intrusions Edition

This week's Arlington County crime report contains several items of note. On Thursday, a bullet was fired into a Pentagon City apartment. Nobody was injured and nobody knows who fired the...

Publicity May Have Prompted Rape Suspect to Turn Himself In

Arlington police and other law enforcement agencies had been looking for rape suspect Ronald Berton, but it wasn't until his mug shot was splashed across TV screens and computer monitors that the...

Arlington Police Seek Rape Suspect

Update at 2:20 p.m. on 1/24/11 -- Suspect Ronald Berton turned himself in to police last night, confirms police spokeswoman Det. Crystal Nosal. Arlington Police have named a suspect in a sexual...