2 Robbery Suspects Located At Ballston Metro On Successive Days

ARLINGTON, VA — Last week, Arlington County Police located two men in the Ballston Metro Station who were suspected of committing two separate robberies on successive days.

In the first case, officers responded to the 4200 block of Fairfax Drive around 2:50 p.m., on Friday, for the report of an armed robbery. An investigation revealed that a man entered the business, grabbed some bottles of wine and other items, and then tried to leave without paying, police say.

An employee followed the man outside the store, but the man raised a bottle of wine, threatened the employee with it and then smashed it on the ground, according to police. The man then lifted his shirt to show what appeared to be the handle of a gun and fled.

After ACPD broadcast a lookout, the officers who responded to the original dispatch found the suspect nearby in the Ballston Metro Station. The officers arrested 26-year-old Ernest Price of an indeterminate address. After being charged with robbery, he was held without bond.

On Saturday, officers responded around 7:17 p.m. to the same block on Fairfax Drive for another report of a robbery. In this case, a man entered the business, hid merchandise on his person and then tried to leave without paying. Outside the business, he threatened an employee who tried to stop him and then ran off, according to police.

Just like the day before, police found the suspect, later identified as 48-year-old Jerome Ebb of Washington, D.C., in the Ballston Metro Station. Ebb was arrested and charged with robbery.