MD Man Facing Malicious Wounding Charge After Assault In Arlington

ARLINGTON, VA — A 29-year-old man from Waldorf, Maryland faces multiple charges, including aggravated malicious wounding, after he assaulted an Arlington County Police officer early Saturday morning, according to police.

An officer was conducting parking enforcement in the area noticed a man confronting security personnel outside a business in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike, according to police. When the officer told the man to stop what he was doing, the man continued and then shoved the officer into a parked, unoccupied vehicle, causing property damage.

After striking the officer several times, the man left the area on foot with a woman. Officers responding to a lookout for the suspect took him into custody at Columbia Pike and S. Glebe Road, according to police.

ACPD charged Otis Brown with assault on police, aggravated malicious wounding and felony destruction of property and held him without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility.

The officer who first confronted Brown was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries. He was reported to be in stable condition. Brown was also medically evaluated before he was booked.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the ACPD’s Tip Line at 703-228-4180 or ACPDTipline@arlingtonva.us. Information may also be reported anonymously through the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).