Crime & Safety

Indecent Exposure In Columbia Heights Area Investigated: Report

Arlington County Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman Wednesday afternoon in Columbia Heights.

Arlington County Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman Wednesday afternoon in Columbia Heights.
Arlington County Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman Wednesday afternoon in Columbia Heights. (Michael O'Connell | Patch)

ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County Police are looking for a man they say exposed himself to a woman Wednesday afternoon in the Columbia Heights area, according to the daily crime report.

Officers were dispatched around 3:31 p.m., to the 1200 block of South Courthouse Road for the report of an exposure.

Following an investigation, officers determined the victim was walking in the area when a man called out to her asking directions from a vehicle. As the victim started to assist the man, she noticed he was exposing and touching himself inappropriately. The man drove away before police arrived.

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Police say the man was driving a black Honda CR-V. This case remains under investigation.


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