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Five suspects have been arrested after two men were allegedly beaten with a baseball bat while soliciting sex workers in Pentagon City last month.

Two male suspects have been charged with malicious wounding, abduction and robbery-related crimes in the Feb. 15 incident on the 1400 block of S. Eads Street.


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A long-delayed redevelopment of two office buildings in Pentagon City appears to have pivoted to an office-to-apartment conversion project.

A site plan application, filed last week at the vacant Transportation Security Administration office buildings at 601 and 701 12th Street S., would abandon plans to demolish the existing structures and rebuild.


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There was a large police presence along Army Navy Drive this afternoon due to a suspicious vehicle in a Pentagon parking lot.

A lone U-Haul truck was parked along a curb in the surface lot across from the Pentagon City mall, near an I-395 off-ramp.


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A French apparel brand perhaps best known for its iconic crocodile logo has opened a location in Pentagon City.

Lacoste opened this week on the first floor of the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, next to Nordstrom. The store sells clothing for men, women and children — including the brand’s popular polos — as well as footwear, bags and accessories.


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Fear not, foodies: two local restaurant weeks will stick around for a little while longer following some of the worst winter weather in years.

Many participating locations in both the Metropolitan Washington Winter Restaurant Week and the Falls Church Restaurant Week have extended their deals through Sunday, Feb. 8, on account of below-freezing temperatures and lingering snow and ice.


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The Arlington County Police Department is investigating after a person was found dead at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City today (Tuesday).

Police were dispatched to 1100 S. Hayes Street for a report of a cardiac arrest shortly before noon, ACPD spokesperson Ashley Savage told ARLnow. Mall security reported “an obviously deceased person” in a third-floor storage room, according to scanner traffic.


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An 18-year-old Arlington man is facing an array of charges after an incident in Fort Myer Heights that started with a noise complaint.

Officers were called to the 1600 block of 16th Street N. early Saturday morning and “encountered a group outside the building smoking marijuana in public,” according to an Arlington County Police Department crime report.


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Nearly 7,000 homes and businesses are without power in and around Pentagon City on a frigid Wednesday morning.

The outage was first reported shortly after 8:30 a.m., encompassing parts of Pentagon City, Crystal City, Aurora Highlands and Arlington Ridge. In all, 6,902 Dominion customers were without power, according to the utility’s website.


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More than 20 restaurants in Arlington are slated to participate in Metropolitan Washington Winter Restaurant Week when it returns next Monday.

Hosted biannually in the winter and summer by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, the week features multi-course, prix-fixe menus at participating D.C. area restaurants. This season, it takes place from Monday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 25.


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Four D.C. teenagers were arrested after a series of overnight break-ins at businesses in Pentagon City yesterday (Tuesday).

They’re accused of hitting a total of at least five businesses, stealing cash and electronics before being arrested while trespassing inside an apartment building on S. Eads Street, according to a press release from the Arlington County Police Department.


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Arlington County police are looking for a man who fired a gunshot in the Arlington View neighborhood Saturday night.

The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Dec. 27, on the 1700 block of 14th Road S., according to the latest ACPD crime report. That’s near Army Navy Country Club and Hoffman-Boston Elementary — and across I-395 from Pentagon City.


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After years of discussion and hours of public testimony this weekend, the County Board has approved a substantial expansion to Pentagon City’s RiverHouse development.

In a series of 5-0 votes, Board members approved JBG Smith’s proposal to add 132 four-story townhome-style properties as well as two mid-rise multifamily buildings, one of 102 units and the second of 509, at the 36-acre RiverHouse site along Army Navy Drive and S. Joyce Street.


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