Several girls are facing assault charges after police say they ganged up to beat another girl on two separate occasions.
The first incident happened Monday morning, after a girl was beaten on the 200 block of S. Carlin Springs Road. That corresponds to the location of Kenmore Middle School.
Arlington County police say the girl went to the hospital after two girls assaulted her, following a verbal dispute. Police then learned of another assault in November, in which five girls approached and assaulted the same victim after she got off a bus in the Arlington Mill neighborhood.
More, below, from the latest ACPD crime report.
ASSAULT BY MOB (late), 2024-05060103/2024-05060174, 200 block of S. Carlin Springs Road/5100 block of 7th Road S. At approximately 10:32 a.m. on May 6, police were dispatched to the late report of an assault. The preliminary investigation indicates on May 6, the juvenile female victim and two juvenile female suspects were inside a building when they became involved in a verbal dispute, during which the suspects allegedly assaulted the victim. The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and later self-reported to an area hospital. Responding officers located the juvenile suspects on scene. During the course of the investigation, an additional assault by mob incident from November 13, 2023, was reported. The preliminary investigation indicates that on that date, the same victim exited a bus in the area of the 5100 block of 7th Road S. and approximately five juvenile female suspects approached and assaulted her. The victim sustained minor injuries from the incident. Petitions are pending for the juvenile female suspects from both incidents for Assault by Mob.