A 42-year-old Arlington woman is in jail after police say she robbed a bank in Clarendon yesterday morning.
The robbery happened around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the TD Bank at 3028 Wilson Blvd, across from the Clarendon Metro station.
Police were first dispatched to the area for a report of a woman harassing customers at the nearby District Dogs location. Then, officers were told that a woman matching the same description had robbed the bank, fled with cash and boarded an ART bus, according to scanner traffic.
The bus was stopped on Columbia Pike and a suspect was taken into custody. Court records show the suspect was charged last year in Arlington with public intoxication and three separate incidents of alleged fare evasion.
More, below, from today’s Arlington County Police Department crime report.
BANK ROBBERY, 2024-03130067, 3000 block of Wilson Boulevard. At approximately 8:28 a.m. on March 13, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery by force. Upon arrival, it was determined the female suspect entered the bank, approached a teller and demanded money. The suspect then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and boarded a bus. No weapon was implied or displayed and no injuries were reported. A lookout was broadcast and responding officers canvassed the area for the suspect. Officers in the area of Columbia Pike and S. Courthouse Road observed an individual matching the suspect’s description exiting a bus and took her into custody. During the course of the investigation, the stolen cash was recovered. [The suspect], 42, of Arlington, Va. was arrested and charged with Robbery. She was held without bond.