Armed With Knife, Naked Man Confronts Arlington Police

ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County Police made an arrest Tuesday night after responding to numerous calls to the Emergency Communications Center reporting a naked man shouting in and around a business on Lee Highway, according to the daily crime report.

Officers were dispatched around 8:52 p. m., and located a naked man carrying a knife and walking in the roadway in the 3100 block of Lee Highway. Making contact with the individual, police made lawful commands for him to drop the weapon and get on the ground. While the man did drop the knife, he remained confrontational and refused to comply with the officer's commands. One of the officers deployed a taser, which had no effect. Following the deployment of a second taser, the officers were able to take the man into custody.

The man was transported to a nearby hospital and ACPD issued a summons for drunk in public.