[Scan-DC] Arlington working stabbing at Ballston Commons Mall

[Andrew Clegg]

Both living and working in Ballston, I am at that mall almost every  
day. During weekdays the mall is filled with respectable working  
people (and me). At night it quickly degenerates into being populated  
by a fair number of questionable people. There are quite a few APD  
calls for shoplifters. But stabbings are rare. This one is the second  
one there that I know of in the past 7 years. It seems that a lot of  
the trouble is caused by gangs, not random crime.

Has anyone seen any news items yet about last night?

Cheers,
Andy

On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:04, michael rumberg <m_c_rumberg at hotmail.com>  
wrote:

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> thats what he said.  this was at a family event and we were all  
> really surprised, too. It seems like such an normal upper middle  
> class place.
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> But he said outside of macys and the Caps Ice Rink, the rest of the  
> mall caters to the lower middle class; add to that a large  
> population of young adults with no many places to hang out,  and you  
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> he ways they have to (get to!) physically restrain lots of  
> shoplifters, break up gang rivalries, drunken fights, etc etc that  
> don't happen as much at the other locations.
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>> From: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:42:25 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Arlington working stabbing at Ballston  
>> Commons Mall
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>> Really!=A0 Worse than Wheaton Plaza or whatever it's called now?
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>> I'm actually afraid to go to that place.=A0 (Of course=2C being  
>> from Muttgu=
>> mmery I'm not that familiar with Ballston...)
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>>> From: m_c_rumberg at hotmail.com
>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Date: Tue=2C 3 Nov 2009 09:55:44 -0500
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Arlington working stabbing at Ballston  
>>> Commons Mal=
>> l
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>>>
>>> Coincidentally this past Sunday I was talking with one of the  
>>> security gu=
>> ys for Macy's at Ballston. While stabbings are unusual for  
>> Arlington=2C he =
>> was regaling us with stories of just how violent and physical that  
>> location=
>> is. In fact=2C he said that store and that mall is the most  
>> physical of al=
>> l their area locations.
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>>> so maybe it was just a matter of time.
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>> =20
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