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Arlington County police are looking for a man who brandished a gun at a woman whose car he broke into.

The incident happened Monday afternoon in a Ballston area parking garage. Police say the victim confronted the man and grabbed her wallet back from him after finding the suspect rummaging through her car.


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Two people were shot in a Ballston apartment building early New Year’s Day amid a chaotic night in parts of Arlington.

Police were dispatched to the Rixey building at the Marymount University Ballston campus just after 1 a.m. for a report of a person with a gun on an upper floor of the building. That floor is used for short-term rentals by an “apartment hotel” service, according to scanner traffic.


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A store employee is facing serious charges after police say he confronted shoplifting suspects with a knife.

The incident happened last Thursday afternoon at the 7-Eleven store at 201 S. Glebe Road, near Thomas Jefferson Middle School.


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A man initially stopped for fare evasion at the Pentagon City Metro station is now facing a series of charges, including assault on police.

The incident happened Wednesday afternoon and involved an officer deployed to the area as part of a retail crime crackdown.


Schools

A 17-year-old Arlington high school student has been arrested and charged with bringing a loaded gun to school Monday.

The incident happened at Arlington Community High School, which is currently located on Fairfax Drive in Ballston. The school was placed on lockdown after police say a security guard spotted the gun in a student’s backpack.


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Update on 7/2/25: The suspect in this case was acquitted, DC News Now reports.

Earlier: An Arlington Public Schools employee has been arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from an underage female student.


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Three suspects were apprehended this morning after an armed robbery at a local CVS store.

The robbery happened around 6:45 a.m., at the CVS next to the Courthouse Metro station. Initial reports suggest one of the suspects pulled a knife on a CVS employee before fleeing with stolen items.


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Four teens are facing charges after an armed carjacking on Columbia Pike and a police chase that ended on I-395.

The carjacking happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of Penrose Square. Two suspects, one brandishing a gun, demanded a victim’s car keys and phone, according to Arlington County police.


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A man has been arrested and charged with brandishing a gun at a local hotel.

The incident started shortly before 6 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Pentagon City, according to scanner traffic, and ended with an arrest at gunpoint near the Army Navy Drive side of the Pentagon City mall.


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An Alexandria resident has been arrested and charged in the murder of two people, including an Arlington man.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced that 18-year-old Marlyn Medrano-Ortiz, a suspected MS-13 member, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder for a double homicide in Sterling in August.


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