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Arlington Schools Employee Showed Porn To Three Children: Police
An Arlington Public Schools Extended Day employee is facing charges for showing pornography to three juveniles, police said. Matthew Pineda, 18, of Fairfax County, is charged with possession of child pornography and assault and battery. Police said he became the center of an investigation on April 19 and was being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Center. Anyone with information related to the investigation or past inappropriate encounters with Pineda is asked to contact Detective R. Munizza at rmunizza@arlingtonva.us or 703-228-4171. Information may also be p…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Security Guard From Maryland Drove Toward Teen, Shot Him At Vacant Arlington 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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Rapist On The Loose After Attacking Sleeping Victim In Arlington
Authorities in Arlington are seeking a man who raped a woman sleeping in her apartment over the weekend. The unknown man broke into the woman's home on the 1500 block of Clarendon Boulevard in Fort Myer Heights around 12:20 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, police said. The man went into the woman's bedroom and threatened her, then raped her and fled on foot, authorities said. The suspect is described as a tall, Black male with a skinny build and shorter, curly hair. This remains an active criminal investigation and anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Detecti…
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Reston Man Who Made Child Porn, Sexually Assaulted Juvenile May Have More Victims: Arlington PD
Police in Arlington arrested a 21-year-old man for sexually assaulting a juvenile in 2020, they said. Matthew Coble, of Reston, was charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child and production of child porn, on Friday, Oct. 13. Coble became the center of an investigation on Sept. 18, and is being held in the Arlington County Detention Facility without bond. Based on the investigation, detectives believe there may be additional victims. Anyone with past inappropriate encounters with this suspect or who has additional information related to this investigation is ask…
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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…
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Police ID Driver, 23, Passenger From Tunisia, 21, Dead In Fiery July 4th Arlington Crash
Police have identified the driver and his passenger who died in an early-morning July Fourth crash in Arlington. Furkan Avkan of Alexandria, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:05 a.m. accident on Walter Reed Drive, Arlington County police said. His passenger, 21-year-old Habiba Harbaoui — who was visiting the area from Tunisia — died at the hospital, authorities said. A third female victim whose name was not released was in serious condition, police said following the crash. Avkan was heading south on Walter Reed Drive when he left the roadway, entered the median, and struc…
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Fiery July Fourth Crash Kills Driver, Leaves 2 Passengers Critical In Arlington
A fiery, early-morning crash on the Fourth of July killed one person and left two others critical, authorities said. The adult, male driver was heading south on Walter Reed Drive when he left the roadway, entered the media, and struck a tree around 2:05 a.m. at S. Dinwiddie Street, the Arlington County Police Department said. The car had erupted in flames when firefighters arrived. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the two passengers, both women, were removed from the vehicle and taken to area hospitals in critical condition. The identity of the driver is be…
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Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of Arlington's Shontae Crawford
Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in the stabbing death of a 37-year-old Arlington woman on Monday, June 19. Alimamy Fornah is believed to have stabbed Shontae Crawford in their shared apartment during an argument just before 5 a.m., on the 3400 block of Washington Boulevard, Arlington County police said. Responding officers found Crawford in the hallway with critical injuries, and immediately attempted lifesaving measures, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Fornah was found in the building and taken into custody without incident. He was transported to an area hos…
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DUI Maryland Driver Kills California Pedestrian In Arlington: Police
A 38-year-old Maryland man was drunk when he struck and killed a 71-year-old woman crossing the street in Arlington, VA on Monday night, May 22, authorities said. Alvaro Alejandro Pacheco Ramos, of Columbia, struck Susan Hamlin, 71, of Aptos, CA, as she was crossing the 4800 block of King Street around 10:05 p.m., Arlington County police said. Hamlin was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Ramos was charged with DUI/Involuntary Manslaughter. He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility. This remains an active investigation and anyone with…
Police & Fire
Teen Sexually Assaulted Woman On Arlington Running Trail, Six More Victims Come Forward: PD
A teen accused of sexually assaulting a woman on an Arlington running trail last year is facing accusations from six additional victims, according to police. The unnamed juvenile approached the woman from behind on the Arlington Boulevard trail on Nov. 29, 2022, around 3:05 p.m. and grabbed her buttocks, then ran off, police said. Detectives identified the 17-year-old male suspect and obtained a petition for Assault and Battery in January 2023. The Special Victims Unit obtained six additional petitions for Assault and Battery for the juvenile suspect for similar incidents report…
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Creep Targets Another Sleeping Victim To Sexually Assault In Arlington: Police
Police in Arlington County are on the search for the creep who broke into a woman's home and sexually assaulted her while she slept, and they believe the case may be linked to another similar one that happened earlier this month. The horrifying attack happened at 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12, at a home on the 2200 block of Claredon Boulevard in Arlington's Clarendon-Courthouse neighborhood, county officials said. The victim screamed and the suspect fled from the residence on foot. Detectives are investigating the incident as possibly linked to an incident which occurred on April 2 …
Police & Fire
Suspect Sought In Arlington County Bank Robbery, Police Say
The Arlington County Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect behind a recent bank robbery. Police responded to the reported robbery in the 900 block of North Taylor Street just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, the department said. Officers learned the male suspect entered the bank, passed a note to a teller demanding money and implied he had a weapon, police said. The suspect then fled the scene with an unknown amount of cash. No weapons were actually seen and no injuries were reported, police added. The suspect is described as a Black mal…
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