4 Drunk People Arrested After Chaos At Arlington Business: Police

ARLINGTON, VA -- Four people have been arrested after police say they caused chaos at an Arlington business while drunk early Sunday morning, and authorities have charged one of them with assaulting an officer.

Police were dispatched to the 2300 block of Columbia Pike at around 3:38 a.m. on June 23 to a report of a disorderly subject inside of a business, according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

"Upon arrival, officers located the suspect yelling verbal profanities and acting aggressively towards staff," the report states. "As an officer attempted to escort the suspect out of the business, three additional suspects began following behind, while yelling verbal profanities at the officer."

The initial suspect stopped in the doorway and ignored the officer's commands, and eventually swung at the officer, police say.

"Suspect Two allegedly attempted to interfere with the officer’s interaction with Suspect One, at which point, the first suspect pushed the officer," the report states. "Suspect Three then allegedly grabbed the officer’s outer carrier vest and became verbally irate and physically aggressive towards the officer. Suspect Four allegedly attempted to physically obstruct the officer’s efforts to control Suspect Three. The officer was then able to move the four suspects out of the staircase area and to the exterior of the business."

As the officer tried to put the first suspect in handcuffs, he grabbed the officer's arm, but additional officers arriving on scene were able to take him into custody, the report states.

The other three suspects "continued to act disorderly," prompting officers to arrest them as well, police say, adding that the officer had minor injuries from the incident.

Police arrested 25-year-old Rudy Barrera of Sterling on charges of assault and battery on law enforcement, disorderly conduct, and drunk in public; 25-year-old Gabriel Gonzalez of Arlington on charges of disorderly conduct and drunk in public; 22-year-old Yancy Aguilar of Fairfax on a charge of drunk in public; and 24-year-old Cinthia Escobar-Gomez of Sterling on a charge of drunk in public.