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Police: ‘Mob’ of Young Males Chased Victim, Dragged Him into Woods

Published October 23, 2017 at 3:45PM

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Police say a male victim was walking along the 700 block of S. Carlin Springs Road, near the Fairfax County line, when more than a dozen young males “chased him before dragging him into the woods, where he was threatened at gunpoint.”

The motive for the alleged attack is unclear.

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County Board Approves Pedestrian-Friendly Changes to Courthouse Intersection

By ARLnow.com

Published October 23, 2017 at 10:30AM

Arlington County will spend just over $640,000 to re-configure an intersection in Courthouse neighborhood.

The County Board unanimously approved the construction project at its meeting Saturday.

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Arlington Submits Amazon Application, Reveals Few Details

By ARLnow.com

Published October 23, 2017 at 9:35AM | Updated October 23, 2017 at 12:53PM

“I can tell you that yes, our proposal was submitted, but we’re not releasing any details of specific sites or anything due to competitiveness reasons,” an Arlington Economic Development spokeswoman said in response to an inquiry from ARLnow.com.

Generally speaking, there are two Metro-accessible corridors for Amazon to choose from in Arlington: the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor and the Crystal City-Pentagon City corridor. In an informal poll asking where Amazon should build its new headquarters, readers gave a slight edge to the R-B corridor.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 23, 2017 at 8:30AM | Updated October 23, 2017 at 11:04AM

Finish line of the 2017 Marine Corps Marathon (file photo)

Two Arlington Men Finish in MCM Top 3 — Arlington residents Desta Morkama and Kieran O’Connor finished first and third, respectively, in the 42nd Marine Corps Marathon yesterday. Al Richmond, the last remaining “Groundpounder” who has run every MCM since it started, kept his streak alive with a 6:48.35 finish. The race, which begins and ends in Arlington, had its start delayed by 10 minutes due to a suspicious package investigation. [RunWashington, Washington Post, NBC Washington]

No Major Incidents at MCM — Other than the short starting delay, no major incidents were reported at this year’s Marine Corps Marathon. Within the county, Arlington law enforcement and the fire department maintained a heavy presence along the course, along with Virginia State Police and other agencies. Arlington school buses were parked at key intersections to prevent anyone from driving onto the course. [Twitter, Facebook, Twitter]

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 20, 2017 at 9:00AM | Updated October 20, 2017 at 9:29AM

Arlington Man Killed in Md. Workplace Shooting — An Arlington man was among the three people killed in a workplace mass shooting near Baltimore on Wednesday. The family of the 53-year-old father of three says they forgive the accused shooter, who was later arrested in Delaware. [NBC Washington, WJLA, GoFundMe]

Marine Corps Marathon Preps Well Underway — This week workers have been setting up fencing, mile markers, signs, tents, TV camera towers, temporary no parking signs and making other preparations along the Marine Corps Marathon route in Arlington. [WJLA, Twitter]

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ACPD Arrests Man Suspected of Lewd Conduct in View of Children

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2017 at 3:45PM

The incident happened last Friday evening, just off Columbia Pike. Police say the 61-year-old man was watching children play at a playground, on the 900 block of S. Buchanan Street, while engaging in the lewd conduct.

“An unknown male suspect was observed masturbating behind a tree while watching children playing,” according to an ACPD crime report issued earlier this week. “The suspect fled on foot when approached by an adult in the area.”

Opinion

Morning Poll: Event Calendar Changes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2017 at 8:30AM

Not a big problem, but one that’s been fairly persistent over the past half dozen years we’ve operated our Arlington event calendar. It’s a two-fold issue that no amount of boldface type on our event submission page seems to solve.

First, even though the event calendar is clearly labeled as being for events in Arlington, we get loads of submissions for events in D.C., Alexandria, Falls Church and elsewhere. We do our best to screen those out and reject any events not in Arlington.

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Crime Report: Robbers Force Victim into Car in Buckingham

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2017 at 1:30PM | Updated February 27, 2020 at 5:10PM

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A man called them early Monday to report that he had been robbed the night before. The alleged robbery happened as the man was arriving home along 4th Street N. around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

The victim told police that two men approached him, forced him back into his car and had him drive them a short distance before robbing him of valuables and fleeing the scene, about an hour after the initial encounter.

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Arlington Pet of the Week: Willy Pep

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2017 at 12:30PM | Updated July 18, 2019 at 11:42AM

This week’s Arlington Pet of the Week is Willy Pep, a Boxer mutt.

Here is what his owner Sarah had to say:

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Caffe Aficionado Credit Card Fraud Suspect Pleads Guilty

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2017 at 10:50AM | Updated October 18, 2017 at 11:29AM

Clark Donat at Caffe Aficionado (file photo)

A co-owner of the former Caffe Aficionado in Rosslyn has pleaded guilty to charges connected to what prosecutors said was a multi-year credit card fraud scheme.

Clark Donat is scheduled to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty in June to a long list of charges: credit card fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, identity theft, credit card forgery, credit card theft, conspiracy to commit credit card theft and conspiracy to commit identity theft.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2017 at 9:00AM | Updated June 29, 2018 at 10:54AM

Apples at the Rosslyn farmers' market (Flickr pool photo via TheBeltWalk)

Metro Station Closures Promoted Big Lines at DCA — Shutting down the National Airport and Crystal City Metro stations caused long lines for shuttles and cabs and very pricy Uber and Lyft rides for travelers trying to leave the airport this past weekend. [Washington Post]

Chase Starts in Arlington, Ends in Alexandria — Arlington County Police spotted a stolen car heading southbound on I-395 yesterday afternoon and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, however, refused to stop and instead fled down the King Street exit. Virginia State Police gave chase down King Street and Braddock Road near Fairlington — Arlington units stayed behind per department policy — and eventually the car was stopped and two people arrested in Alexandria. [Twitter, Twitter]

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Podcast: Committee of 100 Candidate Debate

By ARLnow.com

Published October 17, 2017 at 5:30PM | Updated October 17, 2017 at 6:01PM

County Board candidate Charles McCullough II at Committee of 100 candidate forum

Last week the Arlington Committee of 100 hosted a debate at Marymount University among those running for local office.

At the debate, the six candidates for County Board and School Board in the 2017 general election clashed on a range of issues, from how to engage more millennials in county government to closing the achievement gap in Arlington Public Schools.