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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
Four Homes Later: Failed Arlington Burglar Captured, Cops Say
If at first you don't succeed... Maybe don't "try, try again" if you're an allegedly failed burglar. Arlington resident Deonte Bell, 38, went to the well one too many times and was placed behind bars following a string of botched burglaries in the same neighborhood, police say. Officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 17 to investigate a reported burglary in progress when a woman heard loud banging and spotted Bell attempting to get inside by kicking a door. The suspect then left the scene, and while officers were investigat…
Police & Fire
Bus Riding Bank Robber Busted With Stolen Cash In Clarendon: Police
Public transportation didn't serve a bank robber well in Arlington who was busted after being spotted getting off of an ART bus after her heist. Local resident Asia Strong is facing charges following an early-morning robbery at TD Bank in the 3000 block of Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon on Wednesday, officials say. According to the Arlington County Police Department, shortly before 8:30 a.m. on March 13, officers responded to the bank, where Strong allegedly walked into the building, approached a teller, and demanded cash. At no point was a weapon implied or displayed. No injuries were repo…
News
Married Couple Dead Of CO Poisoning In Arlington Ruled Murder-Suicide: Police
A married couple in Arlington died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what authorities have ruled a murder-suicide in Arlington. The deaths of Arlington residents Maria Theista MacKnight and Gregory Cunningham, both 72, were ruled a murder-suicide months after their bodies were found in a North Powhatan Street home, county police announced Tuesday, March 12. Following the grisly discovery, officials launched a death investigation. Maria MacKnight's death was ruled a homicide from carbon monoxide poisoning, while Gregory Cunningham's death was ruled a suicide by the same manner. Their bodies w…
Police & Fire
New Property Owners Find Human Remains During Arlington Walk-Through: Police
Because human remains is what everyone wants to find when buying property. And that's exactly what happened to an unfortunate new home owner in Arlington. During a walk-through of a property on the 1300 block of N. Taylor Street, the new property owners came upon human remains around 4:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, Arlington County police said. "The Arlington County Police Department is conducting a death investigation with assistance by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who will work to positively identify the deceased and determine cause and manner of death," police said. "Polic…
Police & Fire
Unlicensed DUI Driver Crashes, Flips Car, Bites Officer In Arlington: Police
A 25-year-old unlicensed Arlington driver was drunk when she struck two cars, flipped her own, fled the scene then bit an officer, police said. Malesha Bruner was heading east on Washington Boulevard around 9:45 p.m. Feb. 22 when she hit a parked, occupied car at 3rd Street N., county police said. Bruner fled westbound on Washington Boulevard when she struck another traveling vehicle, at which point her car overturned, police said. No injuries were reported by the occupants of the two struck vehicles. Responding officers found Bruner on scene and detained her on suspicion of driving …
Police & Fire
Fugitive Set Seat Belt On Fire Inside Police Cruiser Following Arrest In Arlington: Officials
A firebug in Virginia wanted by federal authorities did not go down quietly when police officers in Arlington attempted to arrest him for shoplifting from several area businesses, according to officials. Derrick Giles, 30, a fugitive from justice, is back behind bars following an explosive incident with officers on Tuesday afternoon on South Hayes Street, police say. Officers from the Arlington County Police Department were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 to the 1200 block of South Hayes Street to investigate a reported larceny in progress. It is alleged that Giles walked int…
Police & Fire
Pair Charged With Stealing Pride Flags From Home In Arlington, Police Say
Two people have been arrested following multiple reports of Pride flags that were stolen in Arlington County, police say. Matthew Henshaw, age 20, of Fort Myer is facing a host of charges following a months-long investigation into purported hate crimes that were reported online. According to an Arlington County Police Department spokesperson, between September last year and January, the agency received five online reports for larcenies in the 200 block of South Courthouse Road. Officials say that in each instance, a man approached the property during the early morning hours and stole a Pri…
Police & Fire
Former Coach George Porcha Accused Of Sexual Offenses In VA
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…
Police & Fire
Flat Tire Ends Police Pursuit Involving Alleged Robbers In Arlington, 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…
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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…
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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…
News
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…
News
Police Issue Preliminary Statement On Home Explosion, Standoff In Arlington (
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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…
Schools
Gunston Middle School Locked Down Due To Written Threat (
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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…
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…
News
Man, Minor Accused Of Distributing Fentanyl That Led To Overdoses At Wakefield 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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Arlington Driver Who Sodomized Woman Linked To Similar Incident That He Filmed: Police
A man accused of raping a woman after offering her a lift home from an Arlington nightclub has been linked to other similar incidents, police said Charges against Julio Basurto, 42, of Arlington, were first filed last June, after police said he approached a woman leaving a nightclub and offered her a ride home, only to sodomize her, county officials said. On Tuesday, Aug. 15, authorities announced Basurto has been tied to a similar incident on Oct. 10, 2021, in which he approached a woman leaving a Wilson Boulevard nightclub in his vehicle. Basurto proceeded to sexually assault her during t…
Police & Fire
Sexual Assault Suspect Charged With Raping Woman At Court House Metro Station: Police
A Washington, DC man with an apt name is facing time in prison after allegedly sexually abusing a woman at a Virginia Metro station, police say. Justice Bilaal Hatcher, 29, is facing a host of grisly charges after he was caught acting suspiciously in the Court House Metro Station in the 2100 block of Wilson Boulevard, the Arlington County Police Department announced on Tuesday, July 18. The prior night, a witness advised the agency that a man - later identified as Hatcher - grabbed and inappropriately touched a woman in the Metro, and when officers arrived, they found him sexually assaultin…
Police & Fire
American Dreams Cut Short For Immigrant Students Killed In July 4th Arlington Crash
The pair of 20-somethings killed in an Arlington crash in the wee-hours of the Fourth of July had come to the United States seeking better lives, those who knew them said. Habiba Harbaoui, 21, a native of Tunisia, and Furkan Avkan, 23, of Alexandria — who hails from Turkey — both died in the 2:05 a.m. crash on Walter Reed Drive, Tuesday, July 4, Arlington County police said. A Facebook tribute penned by a Turkish community center says Furkan graduated from a Turkish aircraft maintenance engineering school. ACI KAYBIMIZ Okulumuz Şehit Onbaşı Hakan Yutkun Anadolu Lisesi 2017 mezunu, Kay…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Details Released In Shooting Near Preschool That Brought Police To Arlington Block
A 21-year-old man was jailed after his firearm discharged during a fight near an Arlington preschool, bringing a heavy police presence to the scene last week, police said. Arlington's Chase Smith displayed a handgun during an argument with another man around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 7 on the 2200 block of S. Kenmore Street, county police said. The two began physically fighting over the gun, during which a shot was fired, police said. Smith ran from the scene but was found on 22nd Street S., and arrested, police said. The victim and suspect were transported to an area hospital with …
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Sporting Leather Jacket Wanted Following Sunday Morning Shooting In Arlington: PD
An early-morniing Arlington shooting is under investigation on Sunday, according to the police. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, members of the Arlington Police Department were called to the a parking lot in the 3000 block of Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon, where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated and rushed to an area hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. His condition was not available on Sunday afternoon. According to police, the initial investigation found that the victim - whose name has not been released - and shooter were involved…
Police & Fire
Man Beat 3-Month-Old Baby To Death In Arlington: Police
A 29-year-old Arlington man has been charged with homicide after beating a 3-month-old infant to death in Fall 2022, authorities announced. Jerard Hargrove was home with the bbay girl on Sept. 1, 2022, around 7:20 a.m., when he told authorities he had found her unresponsive, the Arlington County Police Department said. Medics treated the infant on scene before transporting her to an area hospital, where she remained hospitalized until she died on Oct. 8, 2022. In April 2023, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide with cause being complications of…
Police & Fire
Pouty Gunman In Parking Deck Shooting Nabbed In Arlington: Authorities
Authorities in Arlington say they've arrested one of two suspects in an argument that escalated to a shooting inside of a parking garage last week. Arlington's Esnayder Perla Alvarenga, 20, and the unidentified suspect got into a dispute with two victims in a parking garage at 4200 block of S. Four Mile Run Drive, around 11:25 p.m. Thursday, April 13, county police said. As the argument heated up, Alvarenga pulled out a gun while the other suspect physically assaulted one of the victims, police said. As the victims drove off, Alvarenga shot the gun, striking and damaging the vehicle, p…
Police & Fire
Police Release Photos Of Creep Targeting Sleeping Sexual Assault Victims In Arlington
Investigators from the Arlington County Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man who broke into a woman’s home and allegedly sexually assaulted her earlier this month. The department released two images of a man who was caught on surveillance video as they continue to attempt to track down a sexual assault suspect who gained access in the early hours of Sunday, April 2 in the Ballston-Virginia Square neighborhood. Police say that the incident was reported at approximately 4:15 a.m. on April 2 in the 3900 block of Fairfax Drive, and could potent…
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