Driver Punches Dashboard, Grabs Boy Who Refused To Give Directions: Arlington Police

ARLINGTON, VA — Police are looking for a driver who pulled up to a boy walking in the Buckingham neighborhood and asked for directions, and then punched his dashboard in anger and grabbed the boy by his shirt when he didn't get them.

Police say that at around 7:49 a.m. on Tuesday in the 4400 block of 4th Street N, "a juvenile male was walking in the area when an adult male subject in a red vehicle pulled alongside him," according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

The boy declined to answer when the man asked for directions. "The subject became angry, punched the dashboard of his vehicle and grabbed the juvenile’s shirt," the report states.

The boy pulled away from the man and continued walking to N. Henderson Road, where he "witnessed the subject park his vehicle and knock on several residential doors before leaving the area," the report adds.

Police describe the man as a white male between 50 and 60 years of age with white hair. He was wearing a red shirt, brown pants, and brown shoes at the time of the incident, police say.

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