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Family of man who died in Alexandria police custody demands accountability at hearing

Published June 30, 2026 at 3:45PM

Sandra Jones, Allan Tucker II's mother, sits through a meeting of the Independent Community Policing Review Board, June 29, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The family of a man who died in Alexandria Police Department custody last summer is asking for accountability, as the city’s Independent Community Policing Review Board has taken up the case.

The family of Allan Tucker II wants the two arresting officers and their supervisor charged with criminal negligence in his Aug. 15, 2025 death. The 32-year-old Tucker was arrested for public intoxication in the hallway of his apartment complex home and later died in police custody while waiting 35 to 45 minutes in the back of an APD cruiser parked in the sally port of the Alexandria jail.

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Sheriff’s Office accepting applications for four-week ‘Community Academy’ program

By James Cullum

Published January 22, 2026 at 9:30AM

Sergeant Mauck supervises a PepperBall® launcher training activity with members of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Community Academy. (via Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)

Sheriff Sean Casey is inviting residents to the city courthouse and jail to learn about the inner workings of the Sheriff’s Office.

Applications are currently being accepted for the spring session of the Sheriff’s Community Academy. The free sessions run on four consecutive Saturdays from March 7-28, teaching residents about jail operations, inmate services, judicial operations and more. The application deadline to participate is Feb. 27.

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City’s top prosecutor will not seek criminal charges for police from August in-custody death

By Emily Leayman

Published January 15, 2026 at 2:45PM

Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan Porter speaks at the No Kings Rally at Market Square in Old Town, June 14, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s top prosecutor is declining to bring criminal charges against officers involved in the Alexandria Police Department’s in-custody death of a Woodbridge man last summer.

Officers involved in the Aug. 15, 2025 death of Allan F. Tucker, II, will not be charged, Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter announced this afternoon (Thursday), following investigations by the medical examiner and Northern Virginia’s Critical Incident Review Team.

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published May 2, 2025 at 3:50PM

This man was among three men shot in the 3800 block of Old Dominion Boulevard in Arlandria on Sunday, April 27, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

It’s been an intense week in Alexandria.

Here’s a look back on this week’s top stories. Our most-read post was on the shooting of three men in Arlandria on Sunday night (April 27). Police found the victims with gunshot wounds shortly after being called at around 9 p.m. They were transported to area hospitals, and no arrests have been announced. Witnesses heard a barrage of gunfire, and the Alexandria Police Department is asking for help in the investigation.

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Man charged with abduction and assault after naked attack on woman in Old Town North

By James Cullum

Published April 30, 2025 at 12:00PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A woman is safe after allegedly being abducted and assaulted by a naked man along the Mount Vernon Trail in Old Town North earlier this month.

“The suspect pinned both of her forearms down and she fought to break free,” police said a recently released search warrant affidavit. “(The victim) said she realized the suspect was fully naked when he was on top of her and she saw his penis. (The victim) tried to push him away specifically with her right hand to the suspect’s left arm. (The victim) said she yelled and the suspect covered her mouth with his hand. The suspect told her, ‘Do you want to die?'”

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‘I’m recreating myself’: Planning for reentry after leaving the Alexandria Detention Center

By James Cullum

Published April 16, 2025 at 2:45PM

Mahogany Jones wants to be a nurse aide after she leaves the Alexandria jail (staff photo by James Cullum)

After leaving the Alexandria Detention Center, Mahogany Jones wants to be a nurse aide.

On Tuesday, the 20-year-old mother of two joined her fellow inmates for the annual resource fair in the jail gymnasium. Jones is set to be released at the end of July for a felony shoplifting charge, and says she never wants to come back.

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Alexandria man released after alleged attempted aggravated sexual battery at Thanksgiving party

By James Cullum

Published December 18, 2024 at 3:45PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A 27-year-old Alexandria man is out on bond after being arrested for the attempted aggravated sexual battery of an incapacitated woman during a Thanksgiving party.

The party was held on Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) in an apartment in the 5600 block of Derby Court.