A pair of Arlington men are each facing a felony charge for alleged violent incidents over the weekend.
The first happened Friday afternoon in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, just south of Route 50. Police say two men got into a verbal dispute that escalated to one attacking the other with a pocketknife.
From an Arlington County police crime report:
MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 2025-02140131, 100 block of S. Highland Street. At approximately 2:40 p.m. on February 14, police were dispatched to the report of an assault with injury. Upon arrival, it was determined the male victim and male suspect became involved in a verbal dispute outside a residence during which the suspect allegedly displayed a knife and struck the victim with it, causing a laceration. Medics responded and transported the victim to an area hospital with serious injuries. The suspect remained on scene and was subsequently taken into custody. During the course of the investigation, a pocketknife was recovered. [The suspect], 44, of Arlington, Va. was arrested and charged with Malicious Wounding. He was held without bond.
Another incident that resulted in an arrest and a malicious wounding charge happened early Saturday morning in the Rosslyn area.
Police say a 39-year-old man smashed a drinking glass on another man after trying to engage him in conversation inside a business. From ACPD:
MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 2025-02150007, 1800 block of Wilson Boulevard. At approximately 12:38 a.m. on February 15, police were dispatched to the report of an assault with injury. Upon arrival, it was determined the male suspect allegedly approached the male victim inside a business and engaged him in conversation before striking him with a drinking glass and fleeing the scene. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital. Responding officers located the suspect in the area and subsequently took him into custody. [The suspect], 39, of Arlington, Va. was arrested and charged with Malicious Wounding and Public Intoxication.
