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Two 20-year-olds were arrested after allegedly parking a stolen vehicle down the street from the Arlington police headquarters in Courthouse.

ACPD officers said they came across the vehicle on Aug. 31 at the intersection of 13th Street N. and N. Courthouse Road — roughly a block away from the police station.


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Police officers in tactical gear, armored vehicles, and — reportedly — a drone descended on Arlington’s Green Valley neighborhood early Wednesday.

The operation, as described to ARLnow by one local resident, happened around 5:30 a.m. and also involved at least one K-9 unit.


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Two police officers and at least one store security guard were hurt trying to take a theft suspect into custody Friday.

That’s according to the latest Arlington County Police Department crime report. Police say the man robbed a store in Pentagon City around 3 p.m., implied he had a weapon, and fled to the Metro station, where a confrontation with law enforcement took place.


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The Arlington County Police Department has rolled out a new crime dashboard with up-to-date data on offenses and arrests.

The data hub, which went live today (Friday), includes interactive maps of offense locations, which users can sort by neighborhood, offense category, timeframe and police beat. It also delineates crime data by month and includes granular breakdowns of arrests based on offense codes and date.


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A 40-year-old Maryland man who was arrested at an Arlington hotel has pleaded guilty to a federal weapon charge.

The Waldorf resident was arrested Feb. 27 “at a hotel in Arlington County on an outstanding warrant for a parole violation following a drug distribution conviction in the District of Columbia,” according to a U.S. Dept. of Justice press release.


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Arlington County police have released more information about a theft and shot fired incident in the Ballston area Wednesday evening.

A 50-year-old man is facing numerous charges after the wild incident, which started with a shoplifting at the Target store on N. Glebe Road.


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Two teens are facing charges after a series of burglaries in the Virginia Square area led to a police chase and Taser deployment.

The incident started shortly before 1:30 a.m. this morning after police responded to a burglary in progress at the Arlington Tobacco store on the 3400 block of Washington Blvd. Arriving officers searched the area but could not locate the suspects, according to scanner traffic.


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