An Alexandria grand jury indicted a former D.C. police officer on more than two dozen felony charges today (Monday) related to a series of sexual assaults in Alexandria last year.
Timothy Valentin, 30, of Fort Washington, Md., is currently accused of multiple sexual assaults in Alexandria and Maryland that occurred between 2024 and 2025. The suspect, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department until 2022, faces new charges including rape by force, rape by incapacitation and abduction with intent to defile in connection to three cases in Alexandria last year.
During a press conference this afternoon, authorities from Alexandria and Prince George’s County said Valentin allegedly targeted adult women on dating apps.
“Detectives learned that Valentin met women through online dating platforms, taking them on a date where it was believed he could have added substance to their beverages that they were drinking, later sexually assaulting them,” Alexandria Police Department Chief Tarrick McGuire said.
Today’s indictment follows an initial indictment in December 2025, in which Valentin was arrested and charged with two counts of rape, forcible sodomy, abduction with intent to defile and alteration of food or drink, which allegedly took place last April. The initial investigation began in spring 2025, when a survivor reported their sexual assault to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, McGuire said.
D.C. detectives later determined the assault happened in Alexandria, and turned the case over to APD’s Criminal Investigations Division in August 2025.
When police arrested Valentin on Dec. 11, 2025, Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter said the suspect’s phone “revealed a significant amount of evidence” to detectives that he “may have engaged in numerous sexual assault offenses” in Maryland and Virginia.
At this time, authorities say they are aware of at least four survivors in Alexandria and six survivors in Prince George’s County. Valentin reportedly used “multiple dating apps,” McGuire said, and used aliases “Rico” and “Teo” with survivors, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
Valentin faces these additional charges following today’s indictment, according to APD.
- Four counts of rape by force
- Four counts of rape by incapacitation
- Two counts of adulteration
- Two counts of sodomy
- Two counts of abduction with intent to defile
- One count of aggravated sexual battery by incapacitation
- Two counts of sodomy by force or incapacitation
- Fifteen counts of unlawful filming
There is no evidence suggesting that Valentin committed any offenses while employed by MPD, Porter said.
Valentin has been in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center since December and was denied bond in January.
The case remains under investigation by the Alexandria Police Department and Prince George’s County Police Department, in coordination with Porter’s office and the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Valentin is slated to go before a jury in Alexandria Circuit Court from Aug. 3-7 this year for the charges related to his December arrest. A trial date has not been set yet for today’s indictments.
“It’s so important to acknowledge not only those survivors that were brave to come forward, but the amount of investigative work that it has taken, forensic interviews that it has taken and the support that it has taken for us to get here,” McGuire said.
People who may have had contact with Valentin are encouraged to contact APD through the following ways.
- Tip Line: 703-746-6911
- Email: [email protected]
- Secure Evidence Portal: Upload photos, videos, or other evidence via https://alexandriapdva.
evidence.com/axon/community- request/public/sexualassault
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you are not alone, and there are resources to help. Alexandria’s Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24/7 at 703-683-7273 for free, confidential support. RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline is available by calling 800-656-HOPE, texting “HOPE” to 64673, or participating via online chat.
