Location: N. Quincy Street at Wilson Boulevard and 2000 block of 14th Street N., Arlington VA
Time: Approximately 11:01 p.m., September 25
ARLINGTON, VA — A 25-year-old man was arrested following a series of alleged assaults in Arlington that included an attack on a sheriff’s deputy, according to police.
Officers were dispatched to an assault at approximately 11:01 p.m. Police said a male victim and suspect became involved in a verbal dispute outside that escalated into a physical altercation. The suspect allegedly struck the victim.
A responding sheriff’s deputy who witnessed the fight was also struck while attempting to separate the two individuals. Additional officers responded and took the suspect into custody.
Investigators determined the suspect allegedly struck two other victims at the scene. Police also linked him to an incident approximately an hour earlier near N. Quincy Street and Wilson Boulevard, where two men were allegedly struck and one was pepper sprayed.
Minor injuries were reported in the incidents.
Police identified the suspect as Shaundrea Lawrence, 25, of no fixed address. He was charged with assault on law enforcement, malicious wounding by caustic agent and five counts of assault and battery. He was held without bond.