Crime Report: August 17, 2023

Published on August 17, 2023

This report is published every weekday, except County holidays. The information in each report covers significant criminal incidents generally from the day before; reports published on Monday cover the preceding Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some incidents may appear a day or two after the occurrence. This report is not a comprehensive list of every police event in Arlington County in the stated time frame. Addresses shown indicate blocks and not specific addresses. For more information on crime in your area, visit our online crime mapping tool.

Note: Information contained in the Daily Crime Report is generally based on initial reports made to the Police Department. Follow-up investigations may reveal different or additional information. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and charges may be amended during the court proceedings. For case status information, visit Virginia’s Judicial System website.

REPORTS

MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 2023-08160263, 4400 block of 31^st Street S. At approximately 10:40 p.m. on August 16, police were dispatched to the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, it was determined the victim was outside of the residential building when the male suspect, who is known to him, approached him and allegedly stabbed him with a knife. A struggle ensued over the knife during which the victim suffered additional injuries. The suspect then left the scene and the victim entered the building where the reporting party called police. Upon police arrival, officers immediately began rendering medical aid to the victim and he was transported to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening. During the course of the investigation, officers determined the suspect was inside another residential building in the 4400 block of 31^st Street S., established a perimeter and took him into custody without incident. The suspect was transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Kenneth Searles, 28, of Arlington, Va. was arrested and charged with Aggravated Malicious Wounding. He was held without bond. 

FRAUD, 2023-08150109, 1200 block of S. Hayes Street

ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 2023-08160150, S. George Mason Drive at S. Four Mile Run Drive

LARCENY, 2023-08160180, 1200 block of S. Fern Street

EMBEZZLEMENT, 2023-08160200, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street

ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 2023-08160214, 5500 block of Columbia Pike

ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 2023-08160226, N. Glebe Road at 4^th Street N.

ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 2023-08170007, 1600 block of S. Eads Street

ONLINE REPORTS

VEHICLE TAMPERING, 2023-08164005, 1700 block of N. Stafford Street

FRAUD, 2023-08164006, Unit block of N. Bedford Street

LARCENY, 2023-08164007, 500 block of 14^th Street S.

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 2023-08164009, 4200 block of N. Carlin Springs Road

LARCENY FROM AUTO, 2023-08164011, 4200 block of Wilson Boulevard

LARCENY, 2023-08164012, 4900 block of Columbia Pike

FRAUD, 2023-08164014, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, 2023-08164015, 800 block of S. Arlington Mill Drive

LARCENY, 2023-08164016, 1100 block of N. Highland Street

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, 2023-08164017, 2500 block of Custis Road

LARCENY, 2023-08164018, 1400 block of N. Taft Street

LARCENY, 2023-08164019, 900 block of S. Columbus Street

LARCENY, 2023-08164020, 3100 block of Wilson Boulevard

FRAUD, 2023-08164021, 3100 block of 6^th Street S.

VEHICLE TAMPERING, 2023-08164022, 4000 block of 9^th Street N.

LARCENY, 2023-08164023, 1100 block of S. Joyce Street

LARCENY, 2023-08164024, 2000 block of 5^th Street S.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, 2023-08164025, 1000 block of N. Quincy Street

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, 2023-08164026, 1000 block of N. Quincy Street