Crime & Safety
Suspect Charged After 7-Hour Standoff in Arlington Last Week
Mora Long, 26, of Sterling, faces multiple charges.
The Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit has charged a suspect after he provided a false identity following a seven-hour barricade situation that ended in the early morning hours last Wednesday.
Mora Long, 26, of Sterling, was charged with assault on a police officer, providing false identity to law enforcement, four counts of forging a public document and identity theft. At the time of his arrest, he was wanted out of Prince William and Fairfax Counties for additional crimes. He is currently being held in the Arlington County Detention Facility without bond.
Following an armed robbery of a retail store in the 5000 block of Columbia Pike on Friday Sept. 5, officers conducted extra patrols of the surrounding area. An individual matching the robbery suspect description was spotted by officers last Tuesday afternoon in the Columbia Pike Plaza Shopping Center.
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That individual, Mora Long, was immediately approached and interviewed by officers. During the interview, Long assaulted an officer and then fled on foot to his girlfriend’s apartment in the 4500 block of S. Four Mile Run Drive. Long barricaded himself in the apartment until Arlington County Police SWAT entered the residence at approximately 2 am and found the suspect in a bedroom closet.
Long initially provided officers with his brother’s identification as it would provide him with an alibi in connection to the Sept. 5 armed robbery and because he knew he was wanted on multiple charges out of other jurisdictions.
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Long has not been charged with the armed robbery as that incident remains under investigation by the Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit.
If anyone has information in regards to the Sept. 5 robbery of the MetroPCS store in Columbia Pike Plaza, please contact Detective Everest at (703) 228-4180 or ceverest@arlingtonva.us. To report information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers at (866) 411-TIPS (8477).
PHOTO: Mora Long; Arlington County Police photo
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