A months-long protest encampment in front of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s house has been removed.
The round-the-clock, pro-Palestinian protest started in January of this year along the 400 block of N. Chain Bridge Road in Arlington. It featured protesters holding signs, waving flags and — occasionally — dumping fake blood on the street in front of a motorcade.
A bear was struck and killed on I-395 Saturday afternoon.
The bear was earlier spotted walking near Arlington National Cemetery earlier in the morning and, around 1:30 p.m., near Route 110 and Washington Blvd.
A drone, a helicopter and at least three police agencies helped to apprehend a driver who crashed during a chase early Monday morning.
The crash happened just after 1 a.m. as Virginia State Police chased a black Chevy Camaro from I-395 to Arlington Mill Drive, near Shirlington. State troopers originally tried to stop the Camaro for reckless driving on southbound I-395, according to a VSP spokesperson.
A 45-year-old man from Falls Church was arrested Sunday and charged in a serious hit-and-run crash that was caught on camera.
The crash happened around 12:40 p.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes of I-395 near the Pentagon.
Three suspects are facing multiple charges after a series of thefts led to a car chase on I-66.
The chase — involving a black BMW sport utility vehicle — happened during Thursday’s evening rush hour and ended in the eastbound lanes of I-66 near the exit to N. Ohio Street, in Arlington. It followed at least two separate thefts in Fairfax County, including at a Bath and Body Works store in Fair Oaks and a Kohl’s in Burke.
A 21-year-old Reston man is facing serious charges after a high-speed chase that ended in Arlington last night.
The chase started around 10:45 p.m. on the Beltway in Fairfax County, after Virginia State Police were alerted to a stolen vehicle entering the Commonwealth from Maryland.
Two Arlington attorneys are suing a Virginia sheriff’s office over a brutal triple homicide carried out by a deputy who, court documents allege, was hired illegally.
The deputy, 28-year-old Austin Edwards, reportedly lied about his age while soliciting sexual photos from a 15-year-old girl in California in 2022. When the teen rejected Edwards’ advances, he drove to California, claimed authority as a deputy to gain entry into a home and killed her mother and grandparents, according to legal filings.
One person was killed and another seriously injured after an SUV collided with a group of motorcyclists overnight.
Virginia State Police said the crash happened around 4:40 a.m. on southbound I-395 in Arlington.
An Arlington truck driver was seriously hurt after his tractor-trailer suffered a mechanical problem and was struck from behind.
The crash, at 12:30 a.m. last Tuesday along the Beltway near Eisenhower Avenue, killed the 51-year-old driver of the Mercedes that struck the truck.
(Updated at 11 p.m.) A suspect in a truck crashed into multiple vehicles on I-66 and I-395, then led police on a wild chase in a stolen Arlington ambulance.
The incidents started shortly after 3:30 p.m., with reports of a stolen Freightliner truck striking vehicles on I-66 in the Rosslyn area and again on northbound I-395 just before the 14th Street Bridge. I-395 was blocked by the crashes and at least two people were hurt, including one with reported significant injuries.
Virginia State Police, assisted by Arlington County police, are searching the area around the Air Force Memorial for a suspect who fled a pursuit and crash.
Initial reports suggest that state police gave chase to a suspect seen driving the wrong way in or near the Pentagon south parking lot. That suspect then crashed his vehicle at the intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Joyce Street, but fled on foot.
Two suspects led authorities on a three-hour-long pursuit by land and by water overnight.
The chase started around 1 a.m. in Crystal City, when a Virginia State Police trooper spotted a car with improper tags, which then fled from an attempted traffic stop. The chase made its way onto I-395 near the Pentagon, where the suspect’s car struck a police cruiser, according to Virginia State Police, after which the suspects fled on foot, chased by troopers.
