ARLINGTON, VA — An Arlington man was arrested after police said he entered a secured residential building on Columbia Pike, shoved a person from an elevator, forced entry into an unoccupied apartment and injured six officers and a police K-9 during his arrest, authorities say.
Officers were dispatched just after 6 p.m. on Friday to the 1800 block of Columbia Pike for a report of a suspicious person.
Through their investigation, police determined that the male suspect entered a secured residential building and then got into an elevator. While in the elevator, police said, the suspect shoved an adult victim out before forcing entry into a secured, unoccupied apartment and causing property damage.
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The victim did not report any injuries, according to police. When officers arrived, police said they found the suspect inside the residence. During efforts to take him into custody, police said he was noncompliant and assaulted six officers and one police K-9.
The suspect was taken into custody after the deployment of a Taser and a police K-9, according to police. One officer was taken to an area hospital as a precaution and a second officer went to an area hospital with minor injuries. The other officers had minor injuries and were treated by medics at the scene, according to ACPD. The suspect was also taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Upon he was release from the hospital, Oleh Mashkin, 34, of Arlington, was arrested and charged with six counts of assault on police, injuring a police animal, assault and battery, obstruction of justice, two counts of destruction of property and burglary, according to police. He was held without bond.
Mashkin was arraigned Monday morning in Arlington General District Court and has a bond hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, according to court documents. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 10.
Ten of the 12 charges Mashkin is facing are felonies, the most serious being the maiming or killing of a law enforcement animal, which is a Class 5 felony. If Mashkin is found guilty on that one charge, he faces a possible sentence of one to 10 years in prison or up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine, under the Code of Virginia.
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