Crime & Safety
Man Screams Obscenities Standing In Arlington Road: Police
The man also struck a police officer before attempting to flee, Arlington police say.
ARLINGTON, VA — A man was arrested after he stood in traffic screaming obscenities in Arlington and then struck a responding police officer, police say.
Police were called to the unit block of N. Glebe Road at around 7:49 a.m. on Tuesday to a report of a person "acting disorderly and yelling obscenities while standing in traffic," according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.
The man struck an officer before trying to flee the scene on foot, but police took him into custody after using a taser on him, the report states.
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Police charged 56-year-old Steven Goodyke with assault and battery on police and disorderly conduct.
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