Man accused of stealing police rifle arrested at Pentagon City mall

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Man accused of stealing police rifle arrested at Pentagon City mall
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A 21-year-old clad in body armor broke into an off-duty police officer's vehicle and stole a rifle, Arlington police said.

Police said they took Rodriguez-Hernandez into custody without incident and recovered the rifle after he exited the Fashion Centre mall and went into a parking garage inBefore entering the mall, Rodriguez-Hernandez “discharged a fire extinguisher before he forced entry with a shovel into an off-duty officer’s parked police vehicle and removed a secured rifle and other items,” according to a news release from the Arlington County Police Department.

That officer’s vehicle was inside a garage on the 700 block of 12th Street South, police said. Police did not name the off-duty officer whose rifle was taken or say how long the weapon was missing.

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