{"id":590863,"date":"2026-04-18T02:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590863\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:02:08","slug":"man-arrested-after-breaking-into-arlington-residence-assaulting-officers-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590863\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after breaking into Arlington residence, assaulting officers, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police say a man assaulted officers after breaking into an unoccupied Arlington residence Friday evening. Five officers suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, Va. \u2014 A man was taken into custody Friday evening after breaking into an unoccupied residence in Arlington and assaulting multiple police officers during his arrest, Arlington County police said.<\/p>\n

Officers were dispatched at approximately 6:12 p.m. to the 1800 block of Columbia Pike for a reported breaking and entering.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they located a man inside the residence.<\/p>\n

As officers attempted to take the suspect into custody, he was noncompliant and assaulted several officers, according to police.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Teen arrested for attempting to assault a police officer in Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n

Police said officers then deployed a taser and an Arlington County Police K\u20119 to gain control of the suspect. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody, police said.<\/p>\n

The suspect was transported to an area hospital with non\u2011life\u2011threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

According to police, five officers sustained minor injuries during the encounter. One officer was transported to a hospital out of an abundance of caution, while another self\u2011reported for evaluation.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Arlington man accused of attempted rape, abduction of woman waiting for rideshare<\/a><\/p>\n

No officers suffered life\u2011threatening injuries, police said.<\/p>\n

Charges against the suspect are pending, and the suspect\u2019s identity has not been released at this time.<\/p>\n

Police said the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say a man assaulted officers after breaking into an unoccupied Arlington residence Friday evening. Five officers suffered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-590863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}