Arlington County police are looking for a pair of suspects who robbed the 7-Eleven in Bluemont Saturday night.
The suspects went behind the store’s counter, threatened to kill an employee unless they opened the registers, and then ran off with cigarettes and cash, according to an ACPD crime report and scanner traffic.
More, below, from the crime report.
ROBBERY, 2024-11020194, 5100 block of Wilson Boulevard. At approximately 9:56 p.m. on November 2, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery by force. Upon arrival, it was determined the two male suspects entered the business and went behind the counter. Suspect One collected cigarettes while Suspect Two made threatening statements towards an employee and demanded they open the cash registers. The suspects subsequently exited the business with the cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash and fled the scene on foot. No injuries were reported. Responding officers canvassed the area for the suspects yielding negative results. Suspect One is described as a thin-build, dark-skinned Black male in his 20’s wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans, brown shoes and a black face covering. Suspect Two is described as thin-build, light-skinned Black male wearing a black hoodie, black jeans and a black face covering. The investigation is ongoing.
Also in the crime report, police arrested an 18-year-old man for exposing himself in the early morning hours after Halloween, and arrested a 42-year-old man for threatening a delivery person with a sharp object in Courthouse.
INDECENT EXPOSURE, 2024-11010019, 9th Street S. at S. Dinwiddie Street. At approximately 1:25 a.m. on November 1, an officer on scene of a separate call for service observed the male suspect standing at an intersection acting disorderly before exposing himself. [The suspect], 18, of Arlington, Va. was arrested for Indecent Exposure and Public Intoxication.
ATTEMPTED MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 2024-11010048, 2100 block of 15th Street N. At approximately 5:09 a.m. on November 1, police were dispatched to the report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, it was determined the female victim was making a delivery inside a business when the male suspect allegedly approached her and threatened her with a sharp object. The suspect proceeded to follow the victim around the store before an employee verbally confronted the suspect and he exited the business. No injuries were reported. A lookout was broadcast and responding officers located an individual matching the description of the suspect at the Courthouse Metro and took him into custody. [The suspect], 42, of No Fixed Address, was arrested and charged with Attempted Malicious Wounding.
