An Alexandria man has been charged in connection to a theft from an Arlington tobacco shop, and the Alexandria Police Department is investigating his involvement in another incident in the city.
The 30-year-old man was arrested on May 1 and charged with robbery with force after the theft of Kratom products from a tobacco shop in the 3400 block of Washington Boulevard. Around 8:50 a.m., a store employee flagged down an Arlington County Police Department officer to report that a tall man grabbed a display tower and then shoved him, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
Police found surveillance video of the suspect fleeing the scene in a black sport Volkswagen SUV and linked the suspect to the theft of Kratom from a tobacco shop in Fauquier County last year…