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Crime Report: Racist Graffiti in Ballston

A homeless man was arrested last Friday after allegedly writing “racist” graffiti around Ballston, according to Arlington County Police.

From this week’s Arlington crime report:

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY (series), 140815014, 4200 block of N. Fairfax Drive. Between 4:30 and 6:55 am on August 15, an intoxicated subject wrote profane language with a green marker on buildings, vehicles, bus shelters and signs. Phillip Cannon, 55, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with five counts of destruction of property and drunk in public.

The rest of the crime report, after the jump.

FELONY HIT & RUN / INDECENT EXPOSURE, 140815062, 1600 block of S. Barton Street. At 9:23 pm on August 15, an intoxicated and nude subject struck two vehicles while driving a motorcycle. The subject fled on foot into a wooded area after wrecking the motorcycle. Police located the man a short distance away and he was transported to INOVA Fairfax hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Roland Hitchens, 42, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with felony hit & run, indecent exposure, DUI, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and driving while revoked. He was held in the Arlington County Detention Facility without bond.

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY, 140815021, 1900 block of N. Moore Street. Between 7 pm on August 14 and 8 am on August 15, an unknown subject(s) entered an office suite and stole two laptops. There is no suspect(s) description.

BURGLARY, 140816012, 2400 block of S. Columbia Pike. Between 12:45 and 2 am on August 16, an unknown subject(s) entered the office of a restaurant and stole cash. There is no suspect(s) description.

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY, 140816030, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street. Between 9:45 pm on August 15 and 9 am on August 16, an unknown subject(s) stole sports jerseys off of mannequins. There is no suspect(s) description.

BURGLARY, 140819031, 500 block of S. 12th Street. Between 12 pm on August 11 and 9 am on August 19, an unknown subject(s) stole copper from a construction site. There is no suspect(s) description.

LARCENY FROM AUTO / DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY (series), 140819011, 1000 block of S. Jefferson Street. Between 9 pm on August 18 and 6:40 am on August 19, an unknown subject(s) broke into at least four vehicles and stole valuables. There is no suspect(s) description.

STOLEN VEHICLES

08/13/14, WA 4B9242, 2005 Suzuki Motorcycle, blue
200 block of S. 14th Road

08/14/14, MT 5C66450, 2008 Chevy Malibu, Gray
1600 block of S. Eads Street

08/18/14, VA VBN-2116, 2013 Toyota RAV4, Blue
1500 block of N. Queen Street

08/19/14, VA JWE-9227, 2005 Acura MDX, Silver
5400 block of N. 23rd Street

08/19/14, VA WNR-3401, 2005 Suzuki Reno, Blue
2700 block of S. Arlington Mill Drive

08/19/14, VA YAS-4106, 2008 Jeep Liberty, Green
5600 block of N. 19th Street

08/13/14

IDENTITY THEFT, 140812034, 200 block of S. Courthouse Road

GRAND LARCENY, 140813007, 3600 block of S. Glebe Road

BREAKING & ENTERING, 140813018, 200 block of N. Piedmont Street

TRESPASSING, 140813020, 1600 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

HARASSMENT, 140813026, 5200 block of N. Yorktown Boulevard

PETIT LARCENY, 140813037, 4700 block of N. Lee Highway

GRAND LARCENY, 140813040, 1100 block of N. Patrick Henry Drive

GRAND LARCENY, 140813042, 900 block of S. Dinwiddie Street

GRAND LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140813043, 300 block of S. 23rd Street

LARCENY, 140813053, 4800 block of S. Columbia Pike

08/14/14

LARCENY, 140813038, 3300 block of S. Stafford Street

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140814015, 1600 block of N. McKinley Road

PETIT LARCENY, 140814026, 4700 block of N. Lee Highway

GRAND LARCENY, 140814037, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140814048, 1900 block of N. Moore Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140814049, 1900 block of N. Moore Street

ATTEMPTED LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140814050, 1900 block of N. Moore Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140814057, 1400 block of N. Taft Street

COMMERCIAL NOISE VIOLATION, 140814065, 1000 block of N. Glebe Road

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815004, 2800 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

08/15/14

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140815006, 2800 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

GRAND LARCENY, 140815020, 1800 block of N. Quantico Street

GRAND LARCENY, 140815022, 2600 block of N. Glebe Road

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815032, 1000 block of S. Queen Street

ATTEMPTED LARCENY, 140815034, 200 block of N. Trenton Street

LARCENY BY FALSE PRETENSES, 140815041, 4600 block of N. Washington Boulevard

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815044, 1500 block of S. 28th Street

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140815048, 1900 block of S. Columbia Pike

PETIT LARCENY, 140815049, 1200 block of S. Hayes Street

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815050, 1700 block of N. Uhle Street

CREDIT CARD THEFT, 140815052, 2700 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815053, 3100 block of S. Stafford Street

GRAND LARCENY, 140815054, 1300 block of N. Veitch Street

CREDIT CARD THEFT, 140815057, 1200 block of S. Hayes Street

GRAND LARCENY, 140815058, 900 block of S. Buchanan Street

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140815060, 3400 block of N. George Mason Drive

PETIT LARCENY, 140815063, 3100 block of Lee Highway

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140815068, 2400 block of S. Walter Reed Drive

08/16/14

FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION, 140816013, southbound I-395

ASSAULT, 140816014, 400 block of S. Courthouse Road

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140816036, 2000 block of N. Buchanan Court

GRAND LARCENY, 140816041, 300 block of S. Courthouse Road

NOISE COMPLAINT, 140816059, 1900 block of N. Clarendon Boulevard

08/17/14

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140817002, 3400 block of N. George Mason Drive

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140817003, 2000 block of N. Key Boulevard

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140817004, 1200 block of N. Irving Street

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140817011, 300 block of N. Piedmont Street

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140817012, 3100 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

PETIT LARCENY, 140817037, 3100 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

TRESPASSING, 140817038, 2600 block of S. Arlington Mill Drive

GRAND LARCENY, 140817039, 2000 block of S. Columbia Pike

GRAND LARCENY, 140817040, 4200 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140817041, 1300 block of S. 28th Street

PETIT LARCENY, 140817043, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street

LARCENY OF LICENSE PLATE, 140817052, 2000 block of N. Woodrow Street

08/18/14

GRAND LARCENY, 140818003, 1400 block of N. Adams Street

PETIT LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140818004, 1400 block of N. Adams Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140818015, 1300 block of N. Jackson Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140818017, 2800 block of N. 2nd Road

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140818018, 1100 block of N. Johnson Street

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140818021, 3400 block of N. Arlington Boulevard

TAMPERING WITH AUTO, 140818023, 3200 block of N. 1st Street

PETIT LARCENY, 140818030, 700 block of N. Glebe Road

THREATS, 140818032, 1600 block of N. George Mason Drive

PETIT LARCENY, 140818033, 700 block of N. Glebe Road

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140818036, 900 block of S. Army Navy Drive

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140818040, 1500 block of N. Highland Street

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140818049, 500 block of N. Lincoln Street

DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER, 140818061, 2300 block of Clarendon Boulevard

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140818063, 5400 block of S. 8th Place

08/19/14

ASSAULT & BATTERY, 140819006, 200 block of N. Glebe Road

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140819012, 2100 block of S. Walter Reed Drive

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 140819013, 4000 block of N. 5th Road

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140819018, 2100 block of S. Walter Reed Drive

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 140819025, 4400 block of N. 4th Street

LARCENY, 140819029, 3100 block of N. Lee Highway

LARCENY, 140819035, 2400 block of S. Glebe Road

FRAUD, 140819040, 3100 block of N. 2nd Road

PETIT LARCENY, 140819048, 4200 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

GRAND LARCENY, 140819058, 3500 block of N. Somerset Street

GRAND LARCENY, 140819059, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street

TRESPASSING, 140820001, 3500 block of N. Wilson Boulevard

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