A man sentenced last month for attacking a woman at a Pentagon City bathroom now faces an attempted abduction charge over another restroom incident a few blocks away.
Koby Berry, 28, is accused of blocking a man from leaving a public restroom on the 1600 block of S. Hayes Street last Saturday afternoon (Nov. 7) and making inappropriate comments to him, according to Arlington County police. The man got out of the restroom and went for help.
Police were sent to Virginia Highlands Park, at 1600 S. Hayes Street, shortly after 2:30 p.m., according to scanner traffic. A caller said a man had cornered someone at the park about 10 minutes earlier and was still standing near the entrance to the upper soccer field.
Officers found Berry at the scene and detained him. The victim then went to the magistrate’s office. After a probable cause hearing there, the magistrate issued a warrant charging Berry with attempted abduction, police said.
Virginia Highlands Park is also where officers arrested Berry in May. Police said that in that incident he put his hand over a woman’s mouth and pushed her into a bathroom at a Pentagon City shopping center on the 1400 block of S. Hayes Street, then ran off after she escaped.
On Oct. 26, Berry was found guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to 12 months in that case. Prosecutors dropped a felony charge of attempted abduction with intent to defile after the woman said she didn’t want to go through repeated court appearances.
Police now list Berry as having no fixed address. He was a Reston resident when Fairfax County police arrested him after a series of assaults and indecent exposure in the Reston area in fall 2025. In April he pleaded guilty and no contest to two counts of assault and battery in those cases and received suspended sentences and probation.
After the May arrest Berry was charged in Fairfax County with violating that probation, and he has a hearing on those charges Jan. 14. In July he was also found guilty of a separate 2025 assault in Fairfax County and sentenced to 90 days.
More, below, from today’s ACPD crime report.
ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION, 2026-11070155, 1600 block of S. Hayes Street. At approximately 2:37 p.m. on November 7, police were dispatched to the report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, it was determined the adult male victim was inside a public restroom when the male suspect allegedly blocked him from exiting and made inappropriate comments. The victim was subsequently able to leave the restroom and seek assistance. Responding officers located the suspect on scene and detained him. The victim responded to the Office of the Magistrate where a probable cause hearing was held and a warrant for the suspect’s arrest was issued. Koby Berry, 28, of No Fixed Address is charged with Attempted Abduction.
Also in the crime report: bystanders helped hold down a teen accused of flashing a gun inside a Virginia Square business yesterday (Thursday).
Police said the teen walked into the business around noon wearing a face mask, made threats and showed the handle of a gun. An employee asked him to leave and he refused. The two then got into a fight that spilled outside, and several bystanders helped hold the teen until officers arrived.
Police were first dispatched to the Tobacco Hut at 3528 Wilson Blvd for a report of a fight. Within minutes the call was upgraded to an assault with a weapon. Callers reported that someone was holding the suspect down and that a gun was on the ground nearby. An officer then radioed that one person was detained and a weapon was on scene.
The teen had been banned from the store before, and officers recovered a gun, police said. He faces juvenile petitions for brandishing, possession of a firearm by a juvenile, carrying a concealed weapon, assault and battery, wearing a mask in public and trespassing.
The same shop was the scene of a robbery and stabbing in September 2025 that seriously injured an employee. Police later arrested a suspect in that case.
More from ACPD:
BRANDISHING, 2026-11120105, 3500 block of Wilson Boulevard. At approximately 12:12 p.m. on November 12, police were dispatched to the report of an assault. Upon arrival, it was determined the juvenile male suspect in his teens entered the business with a face mask, made threatening statements and displayed the handle of a firearm. An employee asked the suspect to leave, which he refused. A physical altercation ensued between the suspect and employee that subsequently moved outside the business. Several bystanders assisted with restraining the suspect until responding officers arrived and took him into custody. During the course of the investigation, it was determined the suspect was previously banned from the establishment and a firearm was recovered. Petitions for the juvenile suspect were obtained for Brandishing, Possession of a Firearm by a Juvenile, Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Assault and Battery, Wearing a Mask in a Public Place and Trespassing.
