DC Man Charged With Robbing Arlington Business: Police Report

Arlington VA

28 September, 2021

11:41 AM

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ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County Police arrested a Washington, D.C. man Tuesday morning in connection with the theft of electronics from a Glebe Road business, according to the daily crime report. Officers responded around 3:02 a.m. for the report of a larceny that just occurred at a business in the 200 block of N. Glebe Road. A preliminary investigation revealed that a man entered the business and started putting electronics into a cart. He tried to leave the store without paying but was confronted by a store employee. Pushing past the employee, the man grabbed a few items from the cart and ran out of the store. After police put out a broadcast about the suspect, an officer saw the man who resembled the suspect enter a vehicle in the 200 block of N. Piedmont St. The officer made a traffic stop and took the man into custody, according to police. ACPD charged Karim Clayton, 44, of Washington D.C., with robbery. Clayton was held without bond.