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.
Arlington County police responded to several serious incidents over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to the latest ACPD crime report.
A man was stabbed Friday morning at the Apex Apartments on S. Glebe Road. Police arrested a 50-year-old Arlington resident who, they said, knew the victim.
A local man is facing various charges after a violent alleged incident in the Rosslyn area Wednesday afternoon.
It happened around 1 p.m., outside of an apartment building on the 1600 block of 18th Street N. That’s also near the Rosslyn Highlands playground.
A bullet was fired into a woman’s home just south of Columbia Pike, though it’s not clear who fired it.
The incident happened around 8 p.m. Monday on the 4500 block of S. Four Mile Run Drive. The woman heard a loud noise and called police after discovering a broken window and a damaged wall. Officers then found a bullet inside the home.
A Gainesville man is facing a number of charges after a wild incident in Clarendon last night.
Arlington County police say the 45-year-old suspect spat on and threw a brick at a man who was walking in the area. Police say they located the suspect along Clarendon Blvd, leading to a foot pursuit and the suspect allegedly spitting on an officer.
Two people were hurt and a car was damaged as a result of an after-school fight in the Ballston area yesterday.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Washington Blvd and N. Stafford Street, near the Washington-Liberty High School football field. It was categorized by police as an “assault by mob.”
Arlington’s police union is calling for better pay following increases in some violent crimes and two incidents where suspects allegedly fought police.
As of last week, the Arlington County Police Department has 61 vacancies or a 16.2% vacancy rate, Randall Mason, president of the Arlington Coalition of Police, told ARLnow.
An Alexandria man is facing numerous charges after police say he tried to attack officers after acting erratically in the Maywood neighborhood.
It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday, just north of Langston Blvd, and started when the man reportedly walked away from his car after leaving it running in the middle of the road.
A 29-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly fighting police inside a Metro station.
The incident started around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday with a report of a shoplifter — described as a man with tattoos on his face — threatening employees at the CVS at 3141 Wilson Blvd in Clarendon.
Three men beat and seriously injured a driver early Sunday morning in a fit of apparent road rage.
That’s according to the latest Arlington County police crime report. The beating allegedly happened after the victim honked his horn while at a stop sign in the Arlington Mill neighborhood, north of Columbia Pike.
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.
Arlington County police are looking for three suspects who went behind the counter of a local 7-Eleven and stole cash and merchandise.
The strong-arm robbery happened this past Saturday night, around 8:30 p.m., on the 1500 block of S. Fern Street in Pentagon City.
