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Crime Report
ASSAULTS
LEESBURG PIKE,6000 block, 7:45 p.m. Feb. 2. Two men asked a 24-year-old male pedestrian for cigarettes, and he walked away. A short time later, the men approached the pedestrian in a parking lot and struck him on the back of the head, then ran. A family member drove the man to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
NORTH ROSSER STREET AND MAGNOLIA LANE,6 a.m. Feb. 6. A passenger got out of a car and used a knife to stab a 24-year-old male pedestrian. The pedestrian was treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital for injuries to his upper body.
ROBBERIES
JOHN MARSHALL DR.,2900 block, 6 a.m. Feb. 5. A 42-year-old female pedestrian noticed a man walking behind her. He then struck her and knocked her down. The man grabbed her purse, then fled on foot. The woman was treated at Inova Alexandria Hospital.
LAKE ST.,3500 block, 1 a.m. Feb. 2. A man showed a knife and demanded cash from a cabdriver who had just driven him and another man from Arlington County. The driver resisted, and the accomplice showed a gun and took cash. Both men fled. The driver reportedly refused medical treatment at the scene.
LEESBURG PIKE,6000 block, 1 a.m. Feb. 7. A man stepped toward a 20-year-old male pedestrian and announced a robbery. A second man then struck the pedestrian on the head, knocking him to the ground. The first man then grabbed the pedestrian's cash and cellphone, and they fled on foot. The pedestrian was treated at the scene for injuries.
LITTLE RIVER TPK.,6200 block, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1. A man pushed a woman as she was opening the trunk of her car in a parking lot. He then took her purse and ran. A security guard heard the woman scream and chased the man briefly. No injuries were reported.
LITTLE RIVER TPK.,7300 block, 8 p.m. Feb. 7. Two men approached a 45-year-old woman as she left a business in a shopping center and grabbed her purse, causing her to fall. The men fled in a vehicle. No injuries were reported.
LITTLE RIVER TPK.,7300 block, 9:40 p.m. Feb. 7. Three men approached a 43-year-old woman in a parking lot of a shopping center and attempted to steal her purse. The pedestrian refused to release the purse, and the men fled. No injuries were reported. A short time later, three men approached a 46-year-old woman leaving a business in the shopping center, pushed her to the ground and took her purse. The men fled on foot. The pedestrian reportedly received a minor injury.
THEFTS/BREAK-INS
ARLINGTON BLVD.,6100 block. A flat-screen TV was stolen from a business.
CARLIN SPRINGS RD.,3400 block. Beer was stolen from a business.
COLUMBIA PIKE,5800 block. A toolbox was stolen from a business.
COLUMBIA PIKE,6300 block. A wallet and credit cards were stolen from a vehicle.
