Thursday, May 23, 2013
Mobilization is part of national Click It or Ticket campaign.
The Arlington County Police Department is ramping up efforts to enforce seat belt laws as part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign. The two-week crackdown, which began Monday and runs through June 2, is joined by state and local law enforcement officials across the country. A seat belt offense in Virginia is considered a secondary violation, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. That means an officer would have to pull someone over for another offense — speeding, for instance, or running a red light — and then could issue that person a seat belt ticket if he or she were in violation of the law. A seat belt ticket comes with a $25 penalty, according to state law. In 2011, Virginia's seat belt use was about 78 percent…
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Some of the latest incidents from the Arlington County Police department's reports.
Late Monday night, a man entered a 7-Eleven store on Columbia Pike and concealed a can of Steel Reserve beer in his pocket, Arlington Police reported. When a store employee confronted him, the man suggested he had a weapon and fled. Police said they are looking for a black man who is 25 to 30 years old, approximately 6 feet tall and 190 lbs. He was wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt and brown cargo shorts when the incident took place, according to a police report. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Arlington County Police at 703-558-2222. In separate and unrelated incidents: 5200 block of N. 11th Street - Between 6:50 and 8 a.m. Monday, someone entered a residence and stole an iPad and a laptop computer, according to …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A cab driver was assaulted in one of three separate, unrelated incidents in Arlington.
Arlington County Police reported three incidents of malicious wounding between Friday and Sunday. The incidents are not connected to each other. In an incident just before 7 a.m. Friday, May 10, in the 4200 block of N. 2nd Road, a verbal argument got a bit out of control and a man was assaulted by three people, according to police reports. The man was stabbed during the incident, and two people from Arlington and one person from Hyattsville, MD were arrested, charged and held without bond. In a separate incident before dawn on Saturday, May 11, an argument between sisters escalated, and one sister struck the other sister in the head with a coffee mug, according to police. The sister who was hit went to Virginia Hospital Center for …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Barry Fig has been charged in Fairfax County and Montgomery County, Md.
Arlington County police say a man charged with credit card theft in Fairfax County and Montgomery County, Md., may have more victims in Arlington and are asking them to come forward. Barry Jason Fig was charged with five counts of felony credit card theft in March, according to Arlington police. The thefts occurred at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston. Fig allegedly would enter unattended locker rooms and steal items from various equipment bags left there by recreational hockey players, according to police. He would then use them at retail stores, authorities say. Upon his arrest, police found several credit cards in Fig's possession that didn't belong to him — many belonged to victims from Kettler and other area ice rinks, …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Arlington police arrested Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski early Sunday in Crystal City.
The chief of the U.S. Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Branch has been charged with sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, was removed from that position Monday afternoon, Air Force spokeswoman Jennifer Cassidy told Patch. Krusinski, who worked out of the Pentagon, was charged this weekend by the Arlington County Police Department. At about 12:35 a.m. Sunday, a drunken Krusinski approached a woman in a parking lot in the 500 block of South 23rd Street and grabbed her breasts and buttocks, according to Arlington police. The woman fought him off as he tried to touch her again, according to police, at which point she was able to call for help. He was arrested and held on a $5,000 unsecured bond. …
The man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
A robbery occured this morning at a BB&T bank in the 900 block of North Taylor Street in Ballston, according to the Arlington County Police Department. "The subject entered the bank and approached a teller with a hand-written note demanding money. After receiving a sum of money, the suspect fled the scene on foot," according to police. Police have not said how much money was taken. Investigators describe the robber as a 5-foot-7 man with a medium build. He was wearing a dark green trench coat, khaki pants, a red scarf and a Boston Red Sox baseball hat. He also wore glasses and had facial hair. Police have released a still from surveillance footage. (See above.) Authorities are asking anyone with information on this incident or the suspect …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Arlington police said a man caused thousands of dollars in damage to a Columbia Pike convenience store.
An Arlington man is accused of trashing a Columbia Pike convenience store Thursday night after assaulting a customer and demanding $50,000 cash from employees. German Cruz-Coreas, 49, has been arrested and charged with arson, attempted robbery, four counts of abduction, felony destruction of property and three counts of assault and battery, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Police say Cruz-Coreas entered Miguel's Q Mart, 5555 Columbia Pike, shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The man was standing in line when he decided the customer ahead of him was taking too long, prompting him to assault that man, police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck told Patch. That man punched Cruz-Coreas in the face, Sternbeck said, causing him to …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Arlington police and the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office found no criminal activity or intent, county officials say.
Arlington County announced this week that it had restructured a popular senior travel program in the wake of problems caused by lax oversight — including employees maintaining independent bank accounts for the program that were not subject to county auditing or financial controls. “The Senior Travel Program is a very successful program that unfortunately, cut corners in its operations,” Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan said in a statement. The county found out about the accounts in November 2010 and subsequently coordinated an investigation with the Arlington County Police Department and the local Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. That concluded in May 2012 and no criminal activity or intent was found, according to a news release…
Monday, April 29, 2013
Dozens of teenagers at a house party got summonses for underage drinking and other incidents Saturday night in northwest Arlington.
Police issued summonses to 43 teenagers for underage drinking after an unsupervised high school party in northwest Arlington got out of control, according to the Arlington County Police Department. A 17-year-old girl reportedly threw a party at her home while her parents were out of town Saturday night, according to police. Police told NBC Washington they responded to a noise complaint around 9:30 p.m Saturday in the 3500 Block of North Nottingham Street and found dozens of teenagers — many had been drinking and were running away or being uncooperative with police. Parents were called to pick up the 43 teenagers who were issued summonses. "There were a lot of unhappy parents," police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck told NBC Washington.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
A roundup of crime news from inside the Beltway.
Arlington Saturday is Drug-Take Back Day Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, and several Arlington County locations will serve as drop-off points. Crime Report: Man Accused of Pointing Gun at Victim Outside Home A 28-year-old man is accused brandished a gun at a victim outside a home, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Arlington Public Servants Honored at Valor Awards Arlington’s Chamber of Commerce recently honored public servants who went above and beyond the call of duty in the 31st Annual Valor Awards. Police Report Indecent Exposure in Crystal City Arlington police have made an arrest in an incident in which a man is accused of exposing himself near a food court at the Crystal City Shops. Arlington …
C James
11:28 am on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
News must be light when a can of beer gets this much publicity. It seems that Arlington County police are focusing on the wrong things. Car theft in Arlington is rampant with little or no press attention. Maybe the officers should get into the neighborhoods more often. That would be something we could all drink to. more ›