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UPDATED: Pedestrian Dies After Christmas Eve Accident

Published December 24, 2012 at 6:15PM | Updated December 26, 2012 at 1:49AM

(Updated at 9:25 p.m.) A 30-year-old woman has died after she was struck by an out-of-control car in Ballston this evening, according to police.

The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, near the Harris Teeter on Glebe Road in Ballston. According to police, a two vehicle accident occurred on Glebe Road in the area of N. Randolph Street. One of the cars ran off the road and struck the woman, who was walking on the sidewalk. The car then struck and partially wrapped around a street tree.

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BREAKING: Bank Robbery Reported on S. Glebe Road

By Katie Pyzyk

Published December 11, 2012 at 4:42PM | Updated December 11, 2012 at 5:03PM

(Updated at 5:05 p.m.) Police are on scene at the Bank of America on the 3600 block of S. Glebe Road, for reports of a bank robbery.

Police scanner traffic indicates a note was passed to a teller and a weapon was implied, but there is no confirmation that a weapon was actually seen. Police are searching the area and interviewing witnesses as part of their investigation.

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UPDATE: Man Dies After Glebe Road Accident

By ARLnow.com

Published November 26, 2012 at 5:25PM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 1:27PM

(Updated at 10:25 a.m.) All northbound and southbound lanes of N. Glebe Road were closed between Vernon Street and Chesterbrook Road during the evening rush hour due to a serious single-vehicle wreck.

An SUV ran into a utility pole and flipped on its side on the 3900 block of N. Glebe Road around 5:00 p.m. tonight. The driver suffered an apparent cardiac arrest, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. Paramedics attempted to revive the man, but he was later pronounced dead at Virginia Hospital Center.

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BREAKING NEWS — Man Dies in Fairlington Fire

By Katie Pyzyk

Published October 30, 2012 at 10:35AM

An elderly man is dead after becoming trapped during a fire in his apartment in the 2900 block of S. Buchanan Street in Fairlington.

According to Arlington County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Gregg Karl, smoke was coming from the top level apartment when crews arrived on the scene. Capt. Karl said because the investigation has just begun, it’s unclear exactly what started the fire and whether the man died from burns or smoke inhalation.

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UPDATED: Criminal Investigation Launched into Moran Video

By ARLnow.com

Published October 25, 2012 at 3:29PM | Updated October 25, 2012 at 10:11PM

The video, released yesterday by conservative activist James O’Keefe, allegedly shows Moran offering advice on how to cast fraudulent ballots. The advice was given to an undercover reporter who approached Moran with a scheme to fraudulently vote on behalf of 100 people.

Moran has since resigned from the campaign.

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Investigators Searching Fire Bomb Suspect’s Apartment

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2012 at 8:15PM | Updated October 19, 2012 at 11:31PM

Video of the search, courtesy of Fox 5, can be found below. So far, there’s no indication that the apartment building has been evacuated, but the investigators are still on the scene. Bomb technicians entered the apartment via the window.

Traille is facing a federal arson charge after police say he tried to fire bomb the Ballston Common Mall food court. He was arrested several hours later while eating lunch at Courthouse Plaza.

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UPDATED: Ballston Mall Molotov Cocktail Suspect Charged

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2012 at 10:50AM | Updated October 19, 2012 at 12:36PM

Arlington County Police have filed charges against the suspect in yesterday’s attempted fire bombing of the Ballston Common Mall food court.

Leon A. Traille, Jr., 29, of no fixed address, has been charged with reckless endangerment, attempted malicious bodily injury by use of fire, and use of a fire bomb.

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UPDATE (7): Man Questioned for Molotov Cocktail at Mall

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2012 at 12:25PM | Updated October 19, 2012 at 11:28AM

Update at 11:25 a.m. — Charges have been filed against the suspect, identified by police as 29-year-old Leon A. Traille.

Update at 6:40 p.m. — See video of the suspect being arrested, courtesy of Fox 5, below.

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UPDATE (3): Restaurant Fire on Columbia Pike

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2012 at 2:15PM | Updated October 16, 2012 at 4:29PM

Updated at 3:10 p.m. — Columbia Pike has reopened to traffic, according to scanner reports.

(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) Columbia Pike has been shut down between Walter Reed Drive and S. Courthouse Road as a result of a working fire at a restaurant.

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UPDATED: Police Investigate Critical Pedestrian Accident in Clarendon

By ARLnow.com

Published September 29, 2012 at 2:30AM | Updated September 29, 2012 at 11:37AM

(Updated at 11:35 a.m.) Arlington County Police are investigating a serious pedestrian accident on a busy street in the center of Clarendon.

An adult male was struck by a Honda Civic coupe heading eastbound on Clarendon Blvd, near the intersection with N. Highland Street, around 12:30 a.m., according to initial reports. The man suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported via ambulance to George Washington University Hospital.

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UPDATED: Severe Storm Rips Through Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published September 8, 2012 at 3:52PM | Updated September 9, 2012 at 6:13PM

Update at 8:45 p.m. — The number of Dominion customers without power in Arlington is currently listed as 5,762.

Update at 4:55 p.m. — Dominion is now reporting 9,262 customers without power in Arlington, mostly in South Arlington.

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Work Stoppage After Construction Worker Electrocuted

By Katie Pyzyk

Published September 5, 2012 at 3:19PM | Updated September 5, 2012 at 3:46PM

According to police, two individuals were doing work on an electrical panel inside a closet. One of the workers walked away to get more supplies, and then heard a strange noise. Upon returning, he found the victim being electrocuted. The co-worker ran to get a board or some other object to knock the victim away from the electrical panel, but by the time he returned, the worker was unconscious.

Emergency crews administered CPR at the scene, and the victim was transported to Virginia Hospital Center with critical injuries. The man, believed to be in his 20s, died shortly after. According to police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck, the department is working to find and notify the victim’s family members, who do not live in the area.