Man Charged With Assaulting Police Officer In Courthouse Area

ARLINGTON, VA -- Arlington County Police arrested a man at a Courthouse business Thursday night and charged him with assaulting a police officer, according to the daily crime report.

Officers were dispatched Jan. 16, at about 8:51 p.m., to the 2100 block of 15th Street N., for report of a disorderly individual drinking beer inside a pharmacy. Arriving on the scene, officers approached the suspect and asked him to leave the business. The suspect refused and officers attempted to take him into custody, but he resisted and kicked them. The officers were not injured during the process of removing the suspect from the pharmacy, even though he continued to act disorderly.

The officers arrested Amilcar Funes-Leon, 29, of Woodbridge, and charged him with two counts of Assault and Battery on Police, Obstruction of Justice and Drunk in Public.