The Alexandria Police Department is looking for the suspect behind an alleged attempted robbery involving the victim’s vehicle earlier in July.
Around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, July 13, APD was dispatched to the area of N. Henry Street and Pendleton Street in Old Town for a fight without weapons. The victim told police that he parked his white Toyota Corolla sedan and left it running with the hazard lights on and doors open to “conduct business” outside a dental office, and returned to his car to find an unknown man getting into it, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
The victim told police that he tried to prevent the theft and dropped the paperwork he was carrying. He said that he wrestled with the suspect and pushed the door to try to keep the suspect from going into the car, but “the suspect was able to get inside, and a fight ensued over the vehicle,” according to the affidavit.
“The suspect hit [the victim] in the face,” police said in the affidavit. “Then, the suspect used the automatic transmission gear shifter to place the vehicle from park into drive. The vehicle moved forward, and the drivers side front wheel was now on top of the paperwork [the victim] had been carrying. [The victim] was able to get the vehicle back into park mode before the suspect escaped the vehicle and fled north on foot away from the scene.”
APD has not labeled the struggle as an attempted carjacking, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact APD Detective Grey at 703-746-6194. Tips can be made anonymously.
