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Crime Report: Creeps, Bigots and Car Chases Edition

Published April 6, 2011 at 4:36PM | Updated February 3, 2014 at 8:17AM

In this week’s Arlington County crime report, a young man with a “baby face” exposed himself to a woman in Clarendon, followed her, and then ran off.

INDECENT EXPOSURE 04/05/11, 1000 block of N. Highland Street. On April 5 at 1 am, a woman was walking home when an unknown man jumped out from behind a tree. He exposed himself to her and followed her for a short time. The suspect is described as a white male around 20 years old, 5’8”, 140 lbs, with a “baby face”. He was wearing a dark sweater, jeans, and round gold framed glasses.

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Woman Who Attacked Painting Lived in Rosslyn

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Published April 5, 2011 at 1:55PM | Updated December 23, 2021 at 1:53PM

(Updated on 12/23/21 at 11:05 a.m.) The woman accused of trying to destroy a painting at the National Gallery of Art is apparently from Rosslyn.

Police say Susan [redacted], 53, tried to pull a painting (NSFW) called “Two Tahitian Women” off the wall, then started punching the painting. She later allegedly told police that the painter, French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, was “evil,” that the painting was “very homosexual,” and that she was “trying to remove it.”

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Police Directing Traffic After Crash on Columbia Pike

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Published April 5, 2011 at 10:40AM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 2:14PM

A black coupe suffered heavy front-end damage after slamming into the pole while heading eastbound on the Pike. Arlington firefighters were called in to help extricate the driver from the vehicle. The driver’s condition is not known at this time.

Stop lights are flashing at the intersection and Fairfax County police are directing traffic. Drivers should expect minor delays in the area.

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Police Investigate Hit and Run Near Hospital

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Published April 1, 2011 at 1:53PM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 2:14PM

A hit and run accident sent three people to the hospital this morning.

The accident happened around lunch time on George Mason Drive, just north of Virginia Hospital Center. Initial reports suggest a van hit a sedan, sending the sedan into a pole. Three people who were in the car were brought to the hospital with minor injuries.

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Crime Report: Moped Mow Down Edition

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Published March 31, 2011 at 9:00AM | Updated January 9, 2018 at 2:53PM

If the Three Stooges were young and dealing drugs, the following crime report item might be the plot to one of their episodes.

ROBBERY/MALICIOUS WOUNDING-ARREST 03/24/11, 5000 block of Columbia Pike. On March 24 at 6:40 pm, two men decided to rob a subject they knew was selling narcotics. The subject assaulted the drug dealer and stole money and narcotics. When the assaulted subject saw them a short time later, he attempted to run them over with his moped. All three subjects were detained. One of the subjects was 17 years old and taken to juvenile detention. Norman Purvis, 18, of Arlington was charged with Conspiring to Commit Robbery, Robbery, and Possession of Marijuana. Deivi Coreas, 18, of Arlington was charged with Malicious Bodily Injury, Attempted Malicious Wounding, and Distribution of Marijuana. Both subjects were held without bond.

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Woman Falls to Her Death in Pentagon City

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Published March 28, 2011 at 2:54PM | Updated March 28, 2011 at 3:44PM

A witness tells us the woman jumped from a 5th floor window around 6:30 p.m. Police are investigating her death as a suicide.

Last night there were shards of broken glass on the sidewalk in front of the building on 12th Street South. The area was roped off with police tape.

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Homemade No Parking Sign in Westover?

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Published March 25, 2011 at 1:34PM

A tipster sent us this photo of a spray-painted no-parking sign in front of a dumpster on 11th Street N., near the intersection with N. Kennebec St., in Westover.

“What right does someone have to do this?” the outraged tipster asked. “Can I report this to the county?”

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Construction Worker Pulls Gun During Argument

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Published March 25, 2011 at 9:34AM

Police are looking for a construction worker who reportedly pulled a gun during an argument near Crystal City.

Initial reports suggest other construction workers were able to wrestle the gun away from the man after he brandished it during an argument at a construction site at Old Jefferson Davis Highway and S. Clark Street.

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Crime Report: Unlocked Vehicles Edition

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Published March 24, 2011 at 8:31AM | Updated January 9, 2018 at 2:52PM

Apparently there are quite a few people who leave their cars unlocked at night. Otherwise the next two crime report items would not be possible.

LARCENY FROM AUTO (SERIES) 03/18/11, 3500 block of N. 3rd Road and the 200 block of N. Irving Street. Between 9 pm on March 17 and 6:30 am on March 18, an unknown subject entered at least nine unlocked vehicles and rifled through each. There are no known suspects.

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ICE Makes 11 Arrests in Arlington As Part of N. Va. Sweep

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Published March 23, 2011 at 1:21PM

Of those arrested, 130 were described as aliens with criminal records who were previously convicted of crimes including rape, assault, burglary and narcotics possession. ICE also arrested eight fugitives and three individuals accused of re-entering the United States after a previous deportaiton.

Of the 11 individuals arrested in Arlington, one was a man described as a 39-year-old Ecuadorian national and legal permanent resident of the United States.

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Three-Car Wreck Shuts Down North Arlington Roads

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Published March 22, 2011 at 2:04PM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 2:14PM

Several Yorktown-area streets have reopened since a lunchtime wreck sent one person to the hospital.

An Audi flipped on its roof and two other cars suffered severe front-end damage in the crash at the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Rock Spring Road. One person was taken to the hospital and reportedly evaluated for possible head injuries. Amazingly, everybody else was apparently able to walk away from the wreck.

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Police Investigate Crash in Front of Ballston IHOP

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Published March 21, 2011 at 7:30AM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 2:14PM

A two-vehicle crash in front of the Ballston IHOP sent at least one person to the hospital with serious injuries early this morning.

Police shut down Fairfax Drive near Stafford Street for nearly two hours while they investigated the accident, which occurred around 2:30 a.m.