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Today at 3:00pm (Updated at 3:55 p.m.) A national search for Arlington’s new police chief has ended with a familiar choice. Andy Penn, a 29-year veteran of the Arlington County Police Department and its current acting chief, has been named as the county’s new permanent chief by County Manager Mark Schwartz. “Andy embraces the values and important work that is needed around issues of equity, justice, and safety and will work to advance racial diversity and inclusion in all of our public sa...

He fell asleep during one break-in, left DNA at others

May 11, 2021 at 2:15pm A knife-wielding man carjacked a rideshare vehicle in Ballston this morning and drove off with the passenger still inside, police say. The Arlington County Police Department announced the man’s arrest Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the carjacking happened around 7 a.m. on the 900 block of N. Stafford Street, near the Ballston Metro station. Officers spotted the car in the Lyon Park neighborhood, south of Clarendon, and initiated a pursuit that eventually ended ...

Man Assaults Asian Owner, Uses Slurs After Skipping Bill at Arlington Restaurant Aimee Cho and Sophia Barnes © Provided by NBC Washington D.C. Police are looking for this man suspected of assaulting an Asian employee of an Arlington restaurant in a possible hate crime. Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a man pushed the owner of an Arlington restaurant to the ground and used racial slurs after he was confronted about skipping out on the bill. Henry Kim and h...

Arlington Police are looking for the suspect, a white male in his late 20s or early 30s with brown hair and a beard. He was wearing square glasses, headphones, a black t-shirt and sweatpants during the assault, police said. The suspect was eating in a restaurant in the 500 block of 23rd Street S. about 6 p.m. Tuesday and allegedly left without paying, police said. Two employees, a male and female who are both of Asian descent, asked the suspect to pay outside the restaurant, police said. When o...

May 8, 2021 at 12:50pm A man allegedly left a local restaurant without paying, shoved a restaurant employee, and used anti-Asian slurs, according to police. The incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday along Crystal City’s restaurant row, on the 500 block of 23rd Street S. Restaurant employees told police they confronted the man after he didn’t pay the bill, but he kept walking away. The man also allegedly pushed an employee to the ground while another recorded the encounter on vi...

UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 2:51 am ET Replies(5) A patrol officer identified 28-year-old Jordon Bevan as the man wanted in connection with the assault of a Crystal City restaurant employee. Arlington County Police arrested Bevan on Tuesday evening. (Arlington County Police Department) Updated ( May 12, 2:45 a.m.): Arlington County Police arrested 28-year-old Jordan Bevan, of no fixed address, hours after a patrol officer identified him as the suspect wanted in connection with the May 4 assault...

Arlington County police are asking for help in finding a man accused of assaulting a restaurant employee and using racial slurs after leaving without paying his bill.

UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm ET Reply Marquis Holmes, 22, faces charges of strangulation and abduction with intent to defile.​ (Arlington County Police) ROSSLYN, VA — Detectives from the Homicide/Robbery Unit of the Arlington County Police arrested a man they say attacked and choked a woman recently in the Colonial Village area, according to a police release. Officers responded around 7:08 p.m., on April 13, for the report of an assault underway in the 1800 block of North Uhle Street...

Arlington police searching for attacker they say strangled woman By Sierra Fox The frightening incident happened around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in the 1800 block of N. Uhle Street in Arlington, Virginia. Officers were called to the scene for an assault in progress. Upon arrival, investigators found out a female victim was walking in the area when an unknown male approached her from behind and tightly put a rope or cord around her neck. The victim attempted to pull the object loose and...