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A 25-year-old man is being held without bond after an assault along Columbia Pike that left another man with serious injuries.

A patrol officer was flagged down around 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie Street, on the border of the Columbia Forest and Arlington Mill neighborhoods, according to the Arlington County Police Department.


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A caller says your bank account has been hacked and the money needs to be moved somewhere safe immediately. Arlington County police say it’s one of the scams they hear about most.

Caller ID can be spoofed to make the call appear to come from the bank itself, according to a department press release. Police said not to give account credentials or verification codes to an incoming caller — hang up and call back using the number on an account statement, a debit or credit card, or the company’s official website.


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A D.C. woman has been arrested and charged with carjacking after a woman’s car was stolen in Colonial Village on Monday.

Leah Elaine Johnson, 26, is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility, the Arlington County Police Department said in a press release today. She also faces charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and driving without a license from Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.


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Arlington County police are investigating the second reported carjacking of the summer.

A woman was carjacked on 19th Street N. in the Colonial Village neighborhood just before 5 p.m. last night (Monday), according to ACPD. The suspect, a man in his 20s, allegedly approached the woman, made threats, and stole her keys and wallet before driving off.


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A man who pleaded guilty to a shooting at a Ballston apartment building in 2025 was arrested late last month in a D.C. homicide.

Malachi Rawlings, 23, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman in Southeast D.C. earlier this year, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Aug. 2.


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A man who says he was badly injured during an immigration arrest on Columbia Pike is demanding a criminal investigation.

Protesters gathered outside the Arlington County Justice Center this morning (Friday) in support of Jose Mejia Hernandez, who says he suffered a brain bleed and other injuries after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers reportedly chased him and shot him with a Taser earlier this month.


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Arlington County police have a message for parents shopping for their kids’ back-to-school wheels: e-motorcycles aren’t for teenagers.

The devices can reach speeds of up to 65 mph and are “generally NOT appropriate for teens,” according to ACPD. Anyone operating a mobility device capable of more than 35 mph, or with a motor output above 750 watts, needs an M Class endorsement on their driver’s license and proper registration for the device.


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An Arlington man is facing a charge after police say he accidentally fired a gun through the windshield of a car he was riding in on Columbia Pike.

It happened between 8:45 and 9 p.m. Monday. The 33-year-old was in the front passenger seat, with two other people in the vehicle, when he allegedly fired the gun, near the intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie Street.


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Ten new speed cameras will be watching Arlington school zones when classes resume next week, bringing the county’s total to 35.

Arlington released the full list of PhotoSPEED locations on Tuesday, two weeks after ACPD said a list was coming soon.


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A man is facing felony charges after an Arlington County police officer allegedly came upon him choking a robbery victim in Courthouse early yesterday morning (Monday).

The attack happened at 15th Street N. at N. Courthouse Road, a block from Arlington County police headquarters.


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