Recent Attacks on Female Runners ‘Concerning’

The frequency of attacks on female joggers is becoming increasingly worrisome for one prominent member of the local running community. Kathy Dalby, founder of the race organizing arm of Pacers...

Crime Report: Dirty Cab Drivers Edition

In this week's Arlington County crime report, there were two incidents of male cab drivers trying to get fresh with their female passengers. ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 10/07/11, 800 block of N. Randolph...

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: Serial Groper Strikes Again

In this week's Arlington County crime report, the serial groper who targets Eastern European lifeguards strikes again.  SEXUAL BATTERY, 08/12/11, 3400 block of S. Utah Street. On August 12 at 9:20...

Morning Notes

Police Searching For Serial Groper -- Arlington Police are on the lookout for a man who has been assaulting women and girls by grabbing their breasts as they walk down the street. Among the...

Crime Report: Carjacking Edition

This week's Arlington County crime report contained an item seen only once or twice in the past year and a half. A couple was carjacked while parked in Pentagon City early Saturday...

Crime Report: Teen Girl Touched Inappropriately

A 13-year-old girl was touched inappropriately while walking home from school on Tuesday. From this week's Arlington County crime report: SEXUAL BATTERY, 06/21/11, 5500 block of Columbia Pike. On...

Crime Report: Girl Touched Inappropriately

Two teenage girls were the victim of perverted behavior on the streets of Arlington over the past week. Last Tuesday, according to the Arlington County crime report, a 14-year-old girl was touched by...

Crime Report: Colonial Village Grabbings

A man grabbed two women inappropriately at an apartment complex in the Colonial Village area early Saturday morning. SEXUAL BATTERY 01/29/11, 1800 block of N. Scott Street. On January 29 at 1 am,...

Crime Report: Holiday Edition

Crime didn't completely take a holiday over the weekend, but it certainly was at lower-than-usual levels. Here are the two Grinchiest moments in Arlington, with both occurring on Christmas...

Crime Report: Bike-By Butt Grabbings

In this week's Arlington County crime report, we find two similar cases of sexual battery. In each case, the suspect is alleged to have committed the crime while riding a bicycle. SEXUAL BATTERY...

Crime Report: Fighting Back Edition

Occasionally, victims fight back and give the bad guys what was coming to 'em. Such was the case early Sunday morning when a man approached two women who were walking home in the Buckingham...

Crime Report: Peeping and Creeping

This week's Arlington County Crime Report contains a five creepy incidents that all occurred in north Arlington. Four incidents happened at night, but one happened yesterday in Ballston during the...

Sexual Battery in Lyon Park

Police have reported another case of a woman being groped while walking at night. At 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4, police say a woman was walking down North 9th Street in Lyon Park when a man...

Beware the Courthouse Creeper

He is apparently known to Metro employees as "the guy who stands at the bottom of the escalators every morning looking up girls' skirts." And Erica Walters, the local blogger behind Books Are My...