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The Arlington County Board approved a new contract for the county’s independent policing auditor following almost three hours of closed-door conversation this week.

Little public discussion came before or after the vote on the employment agreement with Mummi Ibrahim, who has served in the post since 2022. However, the outcome of the meeting — which appeared to focus on criminal justice issues — is that Ibrahim will now serve at the pleasure of the County Board, rather than County Manager Mark Schwartz, Board spokesperson David Barrera told ARLnow.


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A Maryland man has been charged with armed carjacking after a woman’s SUV was stolen at gunpoint in Cherrydale last month.

Tyler Abrahim Afsar, 23, of Hyattsville, Md., is also charged with robbery, grand larceny auto, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the Arlington County Police Department said in a press release today. Detectives obtained warrants for his arrest yesterday (Wednesday).


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Police are investigating a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries that took place in two neighborhoods near Rosslyn over the weekend.

A male suspect is described as entering or trying to enter at least six homes and rummaging through belongings. Police say he stole a wallet and keys on one occasion, but in most cases, no items were reported stolen, according to preliminary incident reports.


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Two suspects, one of them a former Prince George’s County police officer, have been arrested following an Arlington auto fraud investigation.

The investigation spanned over a year, the Arlington County Police Department said in a press release today (Tuesday). Officers allege that both suspects, former police officer Sierra Alston and Renaldo Gaines, “conspired to steal vehicles, acquire stolen vehicles and subsequently alter those vehicles’ VINs to disguise them from detection.”


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A honk at two people riding scooters in the road escalated into a thrown rock and a kicked car in south Arlington, according to Arlington County police.

It happened around 6:45 p.m. yesterday (Thursday) in the 2900 block of S. Glebe Road, near Four Mile Run Drive.


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A Falls Church man has been arrested after allegedly trying to prevent police from entering a hotel room containing the dead body of a 78-year-old woman.

The Falls Church Police Department announced the investigation of a “suspicious death” following the incident at the Sonesta Suites (205 Hillwood Avenue). Police said they were dispatched around 10:10 a.m. last Tuesday for a welfare check on a guest.


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County Board members are asking for residents’ patience as authorities continue an investigation into a fatal police shooting on Columbia Pike in May.

Board Chair Matt de Ferranti responded to a petition drive launched for information and dialogue around the death of 33-year-old Shawn Valn, who was shot and killed by Arlington officers after barricading himself in a 7-Eleven store at 3602 Columbia Pike.


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A serious crash has resulted in multiple hospitalizations and a partial closure of the GW Parkway.

The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday on the southbound GW Parkway just south of Memorial Circle. Initial reports suggest a vehicle crashed, rolled down an embankment and caught fire with people still inside.


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