Crime Rewind: Two Charged in Cab Driver Assault

Arlington  

• A 28-year-old woman confessed to entering a home and stealing various items, according to the Arlington County Police Department.

Fewer Community Police Officers? Board Weighs Budget Proposal

• Arlington's community policing roster could grow shorter if the county board accepts certain reductions in the proposed $1.1 billion budget currently being hashed out.

Lockdown: Jail Programs Suffer Due to Lack of Staff

• The Arlington County Detention Center was built to be a direct supervision jail — one that teaches inmates self-sufficiency and life skills in order to reduce recidivism — but it is so understaffed that those programs often have to be canceled.

Two Charged with Assaulting Cab Driver in Ballston

• Ramnik Aulakh, 30, of Arlington, and Elizabeth Arias, 29, of Bowie, Md., were charged in the incident last weekend.

Alexandria
ACPS Superintendent: Toy Gun Incident Handled Appropriately

• The Alexandria City Public School system acted appropriately with the information it had at the time when it heard a 10-year-old boy may have brought a gun onto a school bus, Superintendent Morton Sherman said.

Vice President Biden Visits Injured Officer's First Responders

• Vice President Joe Biden visited the Alexandria Police Department last week, meeting with first responders who were on the scene immediately after Officer Peter Laboy shot in Old Town.

Falls Church
Police Identify Victim in Fatal Gallows Road Accident

• Ai Ying Zhu, 53, was killed while crossing the street last week near the Dunn Loring Metro — a problem area for pedestrians and motorists alike.

• A Lorton man was charged with felony habitual larceny, assault and battery and obstruction of justice on March 6.

DWI Arrests Down in McLean Police District

• Fairfax County is seeing fewer DWI arrests overall, down from 3,223 in 2011 to 2,625 in 2012. Patch took video during a ride-along with a Fairfax County police officer.