Man Cited For Assaulting Boy, Police Faces Multiple Charges From Earlier Arrests

ARLINGTON, VA — A 27-year-old Arlington man faces multiple charges, including trying to disarm a police officer, during an assault Saturday afternoon in Crystal City, according to Arlington County Police.

Prior to that arrest, Luzvin Garcia Moran, 27, of Arlington, already had multiple scheduled court dates in Arlington County for separate crimes for which he had been arrested and charged, according to court documents.

In the most recent incident, officers responded about 3 p.m. Saturday, for the report of a man with a firearm in the 200 block of 12th Road South. A boy told police Garcia Moran came up and talked to him and two other boys, then assaulted the victim, showing what appeared to be a firearm, according to the incident report.

The boys ran off and contacted police. Officers located a man matching the description of Garcia Moran in the 4800 block of Columbia Pike, according to ACPD.

Initially, Garcia Moran resisted officers’ attempts to take him into custody, according to a police report. The suspect tried to run away from the officers, leading to a struggle, during which police say he attempted to grab an officer’s firearm.

Garcia Moran was arrested and charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer, assault and battery, and public intoxication.

He was arraigned in Arlington County General District Court Tuesday on the charges of public intoxication and attempting to disarm a law officer, according to court documents. He was due back in court for a bond hearing on Wednesday. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 8.

The public intoxication charge is a Class 4 misdemeanor, which is punishable with a fine of up to $250.

The charge of attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer is a Class 6 felony, which carries a potential sentence of one to five years in prison or up to 12 months in jail plus a fine of up to $2,500, according to the Code of Virginia.

On the assault and battery charge, Garcia Moran is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Arlington Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, according to court records.

A Class 1 felony, the assault and battery charge carries a potential penalty of life imprisonment, with no eligibility for parole, good conduct, or conditional release, according to court documents.

Additional Court Appearances Due To Earlier Arrests

Prior to Garcia Moran’s arrest on Saturday, he had already been found guilty April 15 in Arlington County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on two Capias charges, according to court documents. A Capias violation means the person violated parole or failed to appear for a scheduled hearing. For those convictions, he was fined a total of $447.

Garcia Moran also has a hearing set for June 27 in Arlington General District Court on a disorderly conduct charge, which occurred May 3, according to court documents. Under the Code of Virginia, this Class 1 misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of up to 12 months in jail and a fine up to $2,500.

In addition, a public intoxication charge was filed for the May 3 arrest and a hearing has been set in general district court for June 26 for this Class 4 misdemeanor, according to court documents.

But even before Garcia Moran’s scheduled appearances in court on June 26 and 27, he has a scheduled court date on June 13 for charges of assault and battery (Class 1 misdemeanor) and public intoxication (Class 4 misdemeanor).

These charges stem from an arrest on March 19, for which he was granted bail on the first charge and released on his own recognizance on the second charge, according to court documents.

On April 8, Garcia Moran was found guilty in absentia on a public intoxication charge (Class 4 misdemeanor) in connection to a March 4 arrest, according to court records. He was fined $125 and ordered to pay court costs of $126.