A man found asleep behind the wheel sped off after he woke up Saturday afternoon, hitting a police car and forcing two medics to run out of the way, according to the Arlington County police.
Officers and medics were sent to the 1700 block of N. Quinn Street, in the Rosslyn area, around 3:25 p.m. ACPD lists the call as a report of public intoxication in which a man was seen slumped over the wheel of a car parked next to a building.
Arlington police have arrested a man suspected of firing a gun at four locations across North Arlington late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Eric Schaefer, 39, of Arlington, is charged with three counts of reckless handling of a firearm and three counts of discharging a firearm in a public place, according to an ACPD press release. He is being held without bond.
A pair of suspects were arrested last night (Wednesday) after reportedly throwing rocks at a business in Ballston and attacking an employee who confronted them.
The suspects, aged 20 and 19, were seen throwing rocks shortly before 8:10 p.m., according to a preliminary incident report from the Arlington County Police Department.
Fights broke out as police and mall security cleared a large group of teens out of Ballston Quarter on Friday night.
Officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of Wilson Blvd shortly after 9 p.m. Friday (Oct. 9) to help security get the group off the property, according to preliminary incident summaries the Arlington County Police Department provided to ARLnow.
An Annandale man is facing charges after police say he fired several gunshots while fishing on the Potomac.
Arlington County police were dispatched to the area around Chain Bridge just after midnight this morning after D.C. police reported the sound of gunfire on the Virginia side of the river.
Glass bottles thrown from a balcony in the Clarendon area shattered the rear windshield of a parked car with someone inside Saturday night.
Arlington County police were called to the 3100 block of 10th Street N. around 10:30 p.m. After arriving on scene, officers determined a man had thrown the bottles from high up on a residential balcony, but no one was hurt.
Police used a Taser to subdue a man who allegedly advanced on an officer with a broken bottle outside a Clarendon business Saturday morning.
Officers were called to a reported assault in the 2700 block of Wilson Blvd around 11 a.m. They determined that a man had walked into the business, broken a glass bottle and begun waving it around, according to the Arlington County Police Department.
An Alexandria man is being held on several charges after police say he threw bricks at the home of a woman he knows.
The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night on S. Lowell Street in the Green Valley neighborhood.
A D.C. woman has been arrested and charged with carjacking after a woman’s car was stolen in Colonial Village on Monday.
Leah Elaine Johnson, 26, is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility, the Arlington County Police Department said in a press release today. She also faces charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and driving without a license from Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.
A man is facing felony charges after an Arlington County police officer allegedly came upon him choking a robbery victim in Courthouse early yesterday morning (Monday).
The attack happened at 15th Street N. at N. Courthouse Road, a block from Arlington County police headquarters.
An Arlington man has been arrested after a dispute at the Gunston Middle School basketball court erupted into gunfire last month.
Adrian Dwight Taylor, 51, has been charged with nine counts of attempted malicious wounding and several other felonies in connection with the incident, which took place around 10 p.m. on July 25.
Police responded to the Arlington County Fair on Friday and Saturday for separate incidents involving teens.
The first happened Friday night when a teen suspect allegedly flashed what appeared to be a gun at an officer.
