Former Girls HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually-Based Offenses In Virginia: Police Former Girls HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually-Based Offenses In Virginia: Police
Former Girls HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually-Based Offenses In Virginia: Police A former high school girl's basketball coach in Virginia is facing charges for allegedly getting inappropriate with underage players, according to police. The Arlington County Police Department's Special Victims Unit is investigating George Porcha, 53, now of Winterville, North Carolina, after he was charged for multiple sexually-based offenses dating back to allegations made in 2022. Now, investigators are concerned there could be additional victims. According to the department, in October 2022, police initiated a "comprehensive investigation" after being tipped off about possible inciden…
Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say
Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Virginia, Police Say Two District women are facing charges in Arlington after stealing items from a store and taking police on a short-lived pursuit, officials say. Taniya Bradford, 22, and Jamira Hampton, 23, took members of the Arlington County Police Department for a ride over the weekend before ultimately being apprehended for robbery. At around 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, officers were called to the 1000 block of North Fillmore Street to investigate a reported robbery. It is alleged that Bradford and Hampton entered the business and began collecting merchandise, with one making threats toward an employe…
Three Stabbed In Arlington Building Stairwell: Police Three Stabbed In Arlington Building Stairwell: Police
Three Stabbed In Arlington Building Stairwell: Police Three people were stabbed in fight between five people in Arlington Friday night, Dec. 15, police said. Reports of a stabbing in the stairwell of a building on the 5100 block of Columbia Pike came just before 6:10 p.m. Responding officers found a man suffering from a gash and immediately began rendering aid. Then, another man was found on the 1000 block of S. Frederick Street, and then a boy in the 5000 block of 8th Road S — both suffering from lacerations. Medics responded and all three patients were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries. All three patients were in stable con…
Teen Who Opened Fire On Female Passenger In Arlington Arrested, Others Sought: Cops Teen Who Opened Fire On Female Passenger In Arlington Arrested, Others Sought: Cops
Teen Who Opened Fire On Female Passenger In Arlington Arrested, Others Sought: Cops An 18-year-old man who was one of four people who opened fire on a vehicle last week in Arlington has been arrested, while three others remain at large, police said. Darnell Moore, Jr., of Arlington, and three other individuals approached a vehicle at S. Kemper Road and S. Oxford Street and began firing at it around 1: p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, county police said. The female passenger and the vehicle were struck. The driver continued to the 4000 block of S. Four Mile Run Drive where officers found them and began rendering aid to the victim. The victim suffered non-life-threatening…
Death Of Inmate At Arlington County Detention Facility Being Investigated, Police Say Death Of Inmate At Arlington County Detention Facility Being Investigated, Police Say
Death Of Inmate At Arlington County Detention Facility Being Investigated, Police Say An inquiry has been launched after there was a reported in-custody death at the Arlington County Detention Facility. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police and fire crews were called to the facility, where 55-year-old David Gerhard, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was found unresponsive in the medical unit, officials say. Members of the Arlington County police department and sheriff's office attempted to revive Gerhard, but he died after being rushed to the Virginia Hospital Center. Gerhard has been held in the Arlington County Detention Facility since November for failing to…
Police Issue Preliminary Statement On Home Explosion, Standoff In Arlington (UPDATED) Police Issue Preliminary Statement On Home Explosion, Standoff In Arlington (UPDATED)
Police Issue Preliminary Statement On Home Explosion, Standoff In Arlington (Updated) A Virginia neighborhood was shell-shocked on Monday afternoon when an explosion rocked an area neighborhood. An otherwise quiet afternoon was punctuated at around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4 when officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called to the 800 block of North Burlington Street, where there was reports of shots fired, investigators say. They could not have expected what transpired. According to police investigators, a person discharged a flare gun between 30 and 40 times inside his home and into the surrounding neighborhood, resulting in a massive spectacle that c…
Virginia Middle School Locked Down Due To Written Threat (DEVELOPING) Virginia Middle School Locked Down Due To Written Threat (DEVELOPING)
Virginia Middle School Locked Down Due To Written Threat (Developing) An Arlington middle school has been locked down on Tuesday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, an alert was issued by the Arlington County Police Department advising that officers are investigating reports of a written threat at Gunston Middle School. Arlington Public School officials placed the building on lockdown while police investigated the threat. .@APSGunston is currently in lockdown due to a threat. Do not come to the school. More information will be provided as it becomes available. — Arlington Public Schools (@APSVirginia) November 14, 2023 The nature of the threat ha…
Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police
Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Virginia Marriott: Police A security guard from Maryland has been charged in a shooting that left a teen boy injured in Virginia, police said. Ahmed Namnoom, 53, of Laurel, was working as a security guard on the  in the 1400 block of Langston Boulevard, when he noticed a group of teens walking toward the former Key Bridge Marriott property on Langston Boulevard in Arlington on Sunday, Nov. 12, Arlington County police said. Namnoom drove his vehicle toward a then took out a gun and fired it, striking a teen, Arlington County police said. The teen was found by medics on N. Lynn Street and hospitalized w…
Gunman Who Fired At Food Deliveryman Returns To Crime Scene: Arlington Police Gunman Who Fired At Food Deliveryman Returns To Crime Scene: Arlington Police
Gunman Who Fired At Food Deliveryman Returns To Crime Scene: Arlington Police Police in Arlington have arrested a man they say shot a food deliveryman last week. Ahaan Kale, 19, was arguing with the deliveryman as he was dropping food off on the 3500 block of S. Stafford Street around 12:20 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, county police said. After the deliveryman made his delivery and was driving away, the gunman fired at him, police said. Kale was taken into custody when the vehicle he fled in returned to the scene. Kale was charged with Attempted Malicious Wounding and Reckless Handling of a Firearm. He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facilit…
Man, Minor Accused Of Distributing Fentanyl That Led To Overdoses At Virginia HS: Police Man, Minor Accused Of Distributing Fentanyl That Led To Overdoses At Virginia HS: Police
Man, Minor Accused Of Distributing Fentanyl That Led To Overdoses At Virginia HS: Police Two are facing a host of charges in Virginia for their roles in the overdoses of two girls in an Arlington County high school, authorities announced on Tuesday afternoon. Fairfax resident Walter Zeleya Padilla, 19, has been accused of distributing fentanyl to a minor who in turn gave it to other juveniles, at least two of which suffered overdoses late last month, according to police. At around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called to Wakefield High School on South Dinwiddle Street, where there were reports of an overdose. One vi…
Man Takes Fatal Fall From Building Under Construction In Arlington Man Takes Fatal Fall From Building Under Construction In Arlington
Man Takes Fatal Fall From Building Under Construction In Arlington A man died after falling several stories from a building under construction in Arlington over the weekend, authorities said. The incident happened at Fairfax Drive and N. Quincy Street just before 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, city spokeswoman Ashley Savage said. ARL Now reports that the man was trespassing and climbing a rope before he fell eight stories. The man was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, Savage said.  The Arlington County Police Department is conducting a death investigation and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner o…
Body Found In Dumpster After Fire In Arlington: Police Body Found In Dumpster After Fire In Arlington: Police
Body Found In Dumpster After Fire In Arlington: Police A death investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead in a burning dumpster on Friday, Sept. 1 in Arlington, Daily Voice has learned. Firefighters responded to reports of a dumpster fire on the 200 block of S. Veitch Street, around 11:40 a.m., Arlington spokeswoman Ashley Savage said. After the fire was put out, a woman was found dead in the dumpster, Savage said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death. The preliminary investigation has not revealed an ongoing threat to the community.  Anyone with information related to t…