Traffic-safety proponents on Tuesday (June 30) hailed a new Virginia law they believe will provide another tool to address reckless “super-speeders” on Virginia roadways.
Legislation adopted by the General Assembly last year goes into effect July 1, permitting judges to enroll those charged or convicted of certain speeding offenses in a new program using technology to limit vehicle speeds.
A woman has died after her vehicle veered off Lorcom Lane and struck a parked car in a driveway.
Mauricia Flores De Andrade, 61, of Burke, was alone in the vehicle, Arlington County police said. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Drivers who speed through five Arlington school zones this summer can still expect a $100 ticket.
The county’s PhotoSPEED speed cameras at those locations will stay on through Arlington Public Schools’ summer session, which runs July 6 through 31, police said.
The Arlington County Board says a UFC fight at the White House that featured two of the County’s uniformed police officers “exploited good faith efforts to honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11.”
The two officers, both first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, escorted a fighter to the Octagon at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, the event President Trump hosted on the White House South Lawn to mark his 80th birthday and the country’s 250th anniversary. They were among the 9/11 first responders invited by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a non-profit established in memory of an FDNY firefighter who died in the attacks.
Someone smashed the windows of 14 vehicles in the Arlington Mill neighborhood early Tuesday — the second such spree in the area in recent days.
Officers found the damaged vehicles in the 5000 block of 7th Road S. around 1:45 a.m. on June 23, according to the Arlington County Police Department. The broken windows were all on the driver’s side, and police have no suspect descriptions.
The driver’s-side windows of nine vehicles were smashed in the Forest Glen neighborhood early Sunday morning, police say.
Officers found the damaged vehicles in the 700 block of S. Florida Street, a few blocks north of Columbia Pike, after being called out around 4:15 a.m. on June 21. A witness saw three suspects try to force their way into a 10th vehicle and flee when they couldn’t get in, according to the Arlington County Police Department.
Three suspects are accused of conspiring to steal minifigures from numerous Lego sets across the D.C. area, making a tidy profit reselling them online.
Collectible minifigures from fandoms such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Zelda were secretly swiped in 29 incidents, supplying a high-volume eBay storefront that netted over $36,000 in 12 months, according to a criminal complaint.
Sunday’s UFC cage match at the White House featured a military band, flyovers, notable spectators, bloody bouts, fireworks — and a pair of uniformed Arlington County police officers.
The officers escorted one of the fighters to the Octagon, as noted by UFC in a social media post (below) and captured in a Getty Images photo.
A 43% uptick in arrests for intoxicated driving across Arlington last year likely was due, at least in part, to increased enforcement efforts.
“Our midnight [shift] folks really focused on driving while intoxicated to make sure that we’re keeping our roads safe,” Police Chief Andy Penn told Arlington County Civic Federation delegates on June 9.
A drug distributor has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for providing large amounts of methamphetamine to dealers in jurisdictions including Arlington.
Darrell Carter, of Philadelphia, was sentenced last week for possessing and conspiring to distribute meth, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced in a press release. Authorities discovered multiple kilograms of the drug in Carter’s home, along with communications suggesting that he used to purchase up to 20 pounds of meth per month for resale.
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce saluted those who respond in times of crisis at the annual Public Safety Awards last week.
Personnel from the Arlington County Police Department, Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington County Sheriff’s Office and Arlington Department of Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management were honored on Thursday for responses to critical incidents and overall excellence.
A portion of N. Glebe Road is closed near Chain Bridge due to a death investigation.
Initial reports suggest that someone jumped or fell from a bridge along the GW Parkway around 2:30 p.m. They were reportedly found near the Potomac Heritage Trail and pronounced dead on the scene.
