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8-Hour Standoff Ends With Man Threatening Arson, Exposing Himself In Custody: Arlington PD 8-Hour Standoff Ends With Man Threatening Arson, Exposing Himself In Custody: Arlington PD
8-Hour Standoff Ends With Man Threatening Arson, Exposing Himself In Custody: Arlington PD A 37-year-old Arlington man has been arrested for exposing himself and threatening to burn down his apartment building, police said. Officers were called to the 4300 block of Lorcom Lane where Isaac Meals had been on a balcony throwing items off of it around 2:45 p.m., police said. Meals was inside of the home but officers said they saw him threaten to burn it down and expose himself, they said. Additional police resources from the Emergency Response Team, including negotiators, responded to assist with the investigation.  At approximately 11 p.m., officers took Meals into custo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Shelter In Place Order At Southeast DC Apartment Lifted; Suspect In Custody, Police Say Shelter In Place Order At Southeast DC Apartment Lifted; Suspect In Custody, Police Say
Shelter In Place Order At Southeast DC Apartment Lifted; Suspect In Custody, Police Say Some residents in Southeast DC got a scare on Monday morning when a person barricaded inside an apartment before being taken into custody, police say. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's Emergency Response Team were called before noon to the 2800 block of Q Street SE on March 11 where there was a standoff involving a suspect inside one of the units.  As a precaution, residents were instructed to stay inside their homes, and there were multiple road closures in the area. #update Road closures are still in effect, please avoid the area.PIO is responding to the scene.M…

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by Zak Failla
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Metropolitan Police Searching For Suspect Who Fired Shots At Officers In Southeast DC Metropolitan Police Searching For Suspect Who Fired Shots At Officers In Southeast DC
Metropolitan Police Searching For Suspect Who Fired Shots At Officers In Southeast DC The gunman who opened fire at Metropolitan Police officers in Southeast DC remains at large hours after a shooting outside an area apartment building. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Friday night, officers responded to reports of gunshots that rang out in the 3400 block of 13th Place SE, prompting further investigation. Upon arrival at the building, acting MPD Chief Pamela Smith said that officers canvassed the area, and when they were searching the parking lot, a man wearing a white t-shirt, black pants, with long, shoulder-length hair, began firing at officers. The wanted suspect. Metrop…

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Burglar Arrested After Barricading Himself In Arlington Home: Police Armed Burglar Arrested After Barricading Himself In Arlington Home: Police
Armed Burglar Arrested After Barricading Himself In Arlington Home: Police A 43-year-old man was arrested after an armed burglary and then barricading himself inside of his own Arlington home overnight Thursday, Oct. 19, authorities said. Jermaine Chambers, 43, has been charged with Attempted Malicious Wounding, Burglary with Intent to Commit Assault and Assault & Battery (x2). He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility. Chambers broke into a home on the 4200 block of 2nd Road N. around 12:20 a.m., armed with a knife, Arlington officials said. He threatened and physically assaulted the male and female inside, before fleeing on foo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police
Armed Robber Turned Abductor At Arlington Bank ID'd By Police Police have identified a North Carolina man as the suspect who took hostages during a bank robbery gone awry in Arlington on Tuesday afternoon. Durham resident Oscar Gonzalez Allarenja, 30, has been charged with bank robbery and abduction after terrorizing employees and patrons during a barricade at the Wells Fargo branch in the 3100 block of Washington Boulevard on Tuesday, April 11, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Shortly before 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, police were called to the bank, where Allarenja allegedly grabbed an employee, intimated that he had a weapo…

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by Zak Failla
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Man In Custody After Barricading Himself In DC Home, Refusing To Let Victim Leave: Police Man In Custody After Barricading Himself In DC Home, Refusing To Let Victim Leave: Police
Man In Custody After Barricading Himself In DC Home, Refusing To Let Victim Leave: Police Police say that a potentially scary situation in DC was resolved peacefully after a 26-year-old-man barricaded himself inside an area home and refused to open the door for officers. Malik Bowden, of Southeast, DC, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and simple assault, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in regard to a standoff that took place the previous day. At approximately 11:11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, officers responded to the 3600 block of Hayes Street in Northeast DC, to investigate a “trouble call for service." Upon arrival, officers say…

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by Zak Failla