A man arrested two days ago for attempting to rob a store in Arlington had just bailed out Monday in Fairfax County for another arrest.
Karim Clayton, a 44-year-old DC resident, attempted to steal electronics from a pharmacy in the Buckingham neighborhood on Tuesday, according to Arlington County police. On Sunday, an officer with the Fairfax County Police Department said he was arrested for assault and assault and held on bail for $ 2,000.
He left bail at 3:10 p.m. Monday, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The office said it has no information on how he paid off his loan, nor is it public information.
After his release, Clayton attempted to rob the CVS on the 200 block on N. Glebe Road at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, according to an Arlington County Police Department criminal report.
“[The] male suspect entered the store and allegedly started putting electronics in a shopping cart, ”the report reads. “The suspect then tried to leave the store without paying for the items and was confronted by an employee. The suspect walked past the employee, grabbed a few items from the car and escaped on foot from the scene before the police arrived.
An officer dragged Clayton a few blocks while attempting to drive away and arrested him “without incident,” the report said. He was held without bond.
The charges cited for this incident are, according to Arlington court records, complicity in the robbery.
Meanwhile, Clayton was due to appear before the Alexandria General District Court yesterday (Wednesday) on a grave theft charge he faced there. However, it appears that he could not be found as the courts marked Clayton on the “Refugee Record”.
A tipster described Clayton as “a one-man petty crime in Northern Virginia last year.”
According to Fairfax County Police, he was released from Arlington on the 8th.
On June 11, Clayton tried to escape police and while escaping the police, he crashed into a parked car and drove on, the FCPD said. State troopers chased him on I-66 until he crashed near N. Ohio Street in Arlington.
Clayton has been charged with grievous theft, theft with intent to sell or distribute, speeding to avoid law enforcement, hit-and-run and driving without a license.
He was charged in Arlington only for escaping the police and sentenced to 180 days in prison with 171 days probation according to court records. His license was suspended for 30 days and he was fined $ 572. The fine is now overdue, along with three others filed in the Arlington General District Court in the last year or so, records show.
Prior to his alleged attempted robbery on Tuesday, he was charged with five theft charges.
He has been found guilty three times so far and proceedings are pending. In these cases, he was sentenced to two 180-day prison terms, each with 135 days probation and one to 90 days full probation.
He is next on trial on November 15th on the latest robbery charge.