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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 on S. Glebe Road near the Arlington Ridge Giant supermarket.
A 27-year-old Alexandria man is now facing carjacking and abduction charges. The passenger was not injured.
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 one employee started recording, the suspect pushed the other employee to the ground, then ran away toward Richmond Highway, police said.