Police have released composite sketches of a man whose remains were found in a vacant Ballston home more than two years ago, hoping the public can help identify him.
The remains were discovered on Feb. 26, 2024 by the new owners of an abandoned property on the 1300 block of N. Taylor Street. The owners came across the remains in the basement during a walkthrough of the recently purchased home. Police were dispatched just before 5 p.m. and immediately launched a death investigation.
The House Judiciary Committee is targeting all three of Arlington’s main criminal justice agencies over local policies that restrict contact with immigration enforcement.
In separate letters to the Arlington County Police Department, Arlington County Sheriff’s Office and Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, the committee took issue with the limits that these agencies have placed on their cooperation with immigration officers, arguing that such policies endanger the public.
A search for a wanted suspect disrupted dismissal at Hoffman-Boston Elementary School this afternoon.
It started around 3:15 p.m. when a police officer reported seeing a wanted suspect along Columbia Pike and asked for backup. The suspect then ran off into the Arlington View neighborhood south of the Pike, where the school is located.
An office birthday party briefly prompted a massive police response after a 911 caller confused revelry for gunfire.
Police were dispatched to a report of an active shooter on the first floor of an office building on N. Kent Street in Rosslyn around 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday).
The woman struck by a bus while riding a scooter in Rosslyn earlier this month has succumbed to her injuries.
Leah Carlomusto, 45, died at the hospital on Sunday, Arlington County police announced today (Tuesday). The Arlington resident was struck by a charter bus at the busy intersection of Langston Blvd and Ft. Myer Drive on the evening of Saturday, April 18.
A drunk Maryland man allegedly fired a gunshot in a parking lot along S. Four Mile Run Drive early Sunday morning.
The incident happened around 3 a.m. on the 4000 block, which has a gas station and a self-storage facility. Police say they found evidence of a shot being fired and arrested the suspect on scene.
A trio of teen suspects, one of whom appeared to be armed with a gun, robbed another teen on a school soccer field Tuesday.
The robbery happened outside of the H-B Woodlawn building in Rosslyn, police said, and the suspects fled with a backpack and clothing.
A 34-year-old Arlington man is behind bars and facing numerous charges after police say he injured half a dozen officers and a police dog.
Oleh Mashkin entered a condo building on Columbia Pike around 6 p.m. Friday, shoved someone out of an elevator, and then kicked down the door of an unoccupied apartment, according to Arlington County police.
Update on 4/28/26 — The woman struck by the bus has died, according to police.
Earlier: A woman was seriously injured after colliding with a bus while riding a scooter in Rosslyn.
Arlington County police are investigating a man’s death in the Buckingham neighborhood, but so far there’s no indication of foul play.
Police and medics were dispatched to a parking lot on the 4200 block of 2nd Road N., near the intersection with N. Thomas Street, around 7:45 a.m. today (Friday) for a report of a man in his 30s believed to be sleeping in a green Cadillac.
Arlington’s surge in property crime during and after the pandemic was the highest in the country by one measure, exceeding large increases in other urban areas.
Between 2020 and 2024, crimes against property — including larceny, vandalism and motor vehicle theft — increased by 60.5% in Arlington, home security company Vivint reported yesterday (Wednesday). The next-highest increase among studied localities was in Chicago (up 56.2%) followed by New York City (up 54.7%).
An Arlington probation officer warned a judge last year that a local man — now charged with attempted rape — was on the verge of a slippery slope of increasing violent crime.
Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, whose arrest has also caught the attention of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because of his immigration status, remains in jail following a violent attack in Clarendon.
