Alexandria police discovered a “commercial-grade smoke bomb” while searching a vehicle on King Street in Old Town on Saturday (Nov. 2) afternoon.
At around 1 p.m., an APD officer reported identifying a 30-year-old suspect wanted for felony destruction of property and wearing a mask in public (also a felony).
The suspect was a passenger in a black Lexus driving east along King Street near N. Quaker Lane.
APD pulled the vehicle over in the 1600 block of King Street, which is located in Old Town between the King St-Old Town Metro station and N. Henry Street (Route 1). It is also more than two miles from where the suspect was identified.
The incident shut down the 1600 block of King Street for three hours, and the Alexandria Police Department was assisted by a K-9 unit and the Arlington County Bomb Squad.
The 29-year-old driver was charged with driving on a suspended license, and the road reopened at 3:09 p.m, according to APD.
Saturday’s APD release on the incident is below.
This afternoon, APD officers conducted a felony traffic stop of a vehicle at approximately 12:56 p.m. in the 1600 block of King Street. During the investigation, a commercial-grade smoke bomb was discovered. The Alexandria Fire Department, APD K-9 Unit and the Arlington County Bomb Squad were on the scene to assist. The driver, a 29-year-old adult woman was charged with driving with a suspended license, and the passenger, a 30-year-old man, and Alexandria resident, wanted out of Loudoun County on felony charges was apprehended. King Street near Daingerfield Road between Commonwealth Avenue/Daingerfield and Harvard Street was temporarily closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic while the investigation was conducted. The area was reopened and accessible as of 3:09 p.m.
