UPDATE: Man Dies After Glebe Road Accident
(Updated at 10:25 a.m.) All northbound and southbound lanes of N. Glebe Road were closed between Vernon Street and Chesterbrook Road during the evening rush hour due to a serious single-vehicle wreck....
View ArticleBREAKING: Bank Robbery Reported on S. Glebe Road
(Updated at 5:05 p.m.) Police are on scene at the Bank of America on the 3600 block of S. Glebe Road, for reports of a bank robbery. Police scanner traffic indicates a note was passed to a teller and...
View ArticleUPDATED: Pedestrian Dies After Christmas Eve Accident
(Updated at 9:25 p.m.) A 30-year-old woman has died after she was struck by an out-of-control car in Ballston this evening, according to police. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Christmas...
View ArticleBREAKING: Person Struck By Train at Ballston Metro
Update at 3:45 p.m. — Two-track service has resumed on the Orange Line between Virginia Square and East Falls Church, according to WMATA. The Ballston Metro station has reopened. Earlier: Metro...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT: Key Bridge Shut Down Due to Jumper
Update at 7:35 p.m. — The man has been safely taken into police custody. The scene is now being cleared. Update at 6:10 p.m. — Police are still attempting to talk and negotiate with the man. A SWAT...
View ArticleBREAKING: Man Charged in Fatal Christmas Eve Accident
A 21-year-old Alexandria man has been charged in the Christmas Eve death of a pedestrian in Ballston. The victim, 30-year-old Shabnam Motahhar-Tehrani of Nokesville, Va., was standing on a sidewalk...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police Arrest Three for Murder of 87-Year-Old Arlington Man
(Updated at 1:15 p.m.) Arlington County police have arrested three suspects in the murder of an 87-year-old Arlington man. On Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, police found Mack L. Wood, 87, dead in his home...
View ArticleBREAKING: Guilty Verdict in Diener Murder Case
An Arlington County jury has returned guilty verdicts in the trial of 26-year-old Javon Martin, who was implicated in the 2009 murder of Lyon Village resident Carl Diener. The jury found Martin guilty...
View ArticleBREAKING: Car Plows into Pizza Hut
(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) A car has plowed into the front of a Pizza Hut restaurant on Lee Highway. Arlington County police and firefighters responded to the Lee Centre shops on the 3300 block of Lee...
View ArticleBREAKING: Man Shot on Arlington Ridge Road
(Updated at 1:55 p.m.) Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on S. Arlington Ridge Road near, Gunston Middle School. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. at S. Arlington Ridge Road and S....
View ArticleSix Hospitalized in Orme Street Duplex Fire
A fire in a duplex across from the Sheraton National Hotel, on the 900 block of S. Orme Street, has sent 6 people to the hospital. The fire, which was was reported just before 11:00 a.m., started on...
View ArticleUPDATED: House Fire in Nauck
(Updated at 9:55 a.m.) A two alarm fire destroyed a house and sent two children to the hospital this morning. The fire was reported at a home on the 2000 block of S. Lincoln Street, in the Nauck...
View ArticleBREAKING: Feds Say No to Streetcar Funding
The Federal Transit Administration has declined Arlington and Fairfax County’s joint application for funding for the planned Columbia Pike streetcar system. In a press release (below), both counties...
View ArticleBREAKING: Two Hurt, One Rescued in N. Arlington House Fire
(Updated at 12:50 p.m.) Police and firefighters responded to a two-alarm house fire this morning on the 2300 block of N. Dinwiddie Street, near the intersection of Lee Highway. The two-story house was...
View ArticleBREAKING: Guilty Plea in Jewelry Store Murder
(Updated at 4:00 p.m.) James Sylvester Caroline pleaded guilty this afternoon to the murder of Columbia Pike jewelry store owner Tommy Kin Mo Wong. Caroline entered the plea before Arlington Circuit...
View ArticleUPDATED: Suspicious Package in Pentagon City
Update at 12:50 a.m. — Police have given the “all clear” and roads are being reopened. The package was disrupted “without incident” and no hazards were found, according to Arlington County Chief Fire...
View ArticleUPDATED: Bank Robbery in Ballston
(Updated at 11:25 a.m.) Police are investigating a bank robbery at the BB&T Bank branch at Fairfax Drive and N. Taylor Street, about a block from the Ballston Metro station. The robbery happened...
View ArticleUPDATED: House Fire in Lyon Park
(Updated on 5/20/13) Arlington County, Falls Church and Ft. Myer firefighters responded to a house fire in Lyon Park tonight. This fire was reported around 5:45 p.m., at the corner of N. Highland...
View ArticleUPDATED: Arlington Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Murder
(Updated at 3:15 p.m.) Arlington County Sheriff’s Deputy Craig Patterson has been charged with murder in the shooting death of 22-year-old Alexandria resident Julian Dawkins. “Earlier today, the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Teen Killed in Skateboarding Accident
(Updated at 7:55 p.m.) John Malvar, an 18-year-old Arlington high school student, died after a skateboarding accident in Arlington Heights this afternoon. The accident happened on the 300 block of S....
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