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A robbery suspect led police on a bike and then a foot chase Tuesday afternoon.

The incident started with a robbery of the Target store on N. Glebe Road in Ballston around 3:15 p.m. The suspect allegedly pushed an employee to the ground and then fled on a bicycle, with the stolen goods in tow.


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An officer responding to a call about a car playing loud music was struck by the driver as he attempted to flee, according to police.

The incident happened around 5 a.m. this past Saturday, on the 800 block of N. Wakefield Street, just west of Ballston.


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A food delivery driver has been arrested and charged with a pair of felonies after a serious hit-and-run pedestrian crash last month.

Police say 33-year-old Ronnell Blakeney was arrested Wednesday and is now in jail, facing charges of Aggravated Malicious Wounding and Felony Hit and Run. They say that Blakeney struck the victim with his car during a dispute over Blakeney allegedly driving too fast in the neighborhood.


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A pair of reported armed robberies added to a busy Wednesday for Arlington County police.

The first happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. at the McDonald’s near the Rosslyn Metro station. Initial reports suggest that a woman armed with a pink gun demanded a burger.


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A 70-year-old Arlington woman is facing a pair of felony charges after a confrontation at a condo building allegedly turned violent.

The incident happened around 2 p.m. Friday on the 3000 block of Spout Run Parkway, an address that corresponds with the Cardinal House Condominiums.


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A 45-year-old man from Falls Church was arrested Sunday and charged in a serious hit-and-run crash that was caught on camera.

The crash happened around 12:40 p.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes of I-395 near the Pentagon.


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A Maryland man has been charged with seriously injuring an Arlington police officer.

The incident happened around 1 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of the Pike and S. Walter Reed Drive.


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Four Virginia men are facing drug and other charges after a verbal dispute between one of the men and a woman in Arlington.

The incident happened Thursday evening in the Green Valley neighborhood. Police were called after the man “allegedly lifted his shirt, exposing what appeared to be a firearm and made threatening statements.”


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A parents association is calling for stronger guardrails in programs involving children following an extended day worker’s arrest for allegedly showing porn to kids.

The Arlington County Council of PTAs (CCPTA) said Arlington Public Schools should double down on systems of accountability after the 18-year-old suspect, who worked in an after-school program at Abingdon Elementary School in Fairlington, was arrested on charges of assault and battery and possession of child pornography.


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A man was seriously injured when two acquaintances tried to rob him of jewelry early Sunday morning, police say.

The incident happened early Sunday morning in the Arlington Mill neighborhood. The man was hospitalized and two suspects — who share the same last name — were later arrested.


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