A gas leak has drawn a police and fire response to the West End near the Van Dorn Street Metro Thursday (Nov. 5).
The Alexandria Fire Department said it was at the scene of the gas leak in the 5600 block of Eisenhower Avenue. Washington Gas is on scene to repair the gas line, and residents may notice a natural gas odor in the surrounding area.
Sandra Jones says it’s been painful and frustrating to wait 15 months for the city to wrap up its investigation into the death of her son in police custody.
Jones is worried that the recent resignation of Ameratu Kamara as Alexandria’s independent policing auditor will set back the case of her son, Allan Tucker II, who died in the back of a police cruiser in the sally port of the Alexandria jail on Aug. 15, 2025.
A 13-year-old boy was injured by an SUV in a crash in Del Ray this morning (Nov. 2).
The boy was struck by a silver 2003 Honda CRV around 11:15 a.m. while in the crosswalk of E. Oxford Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue. The Alexandria Police Department recovered the Virginia license plate number, and all parties remained on scene, according to APD radio transmissions.
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a scammer who has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars through cashier’s checks delivered to a UPS store in Old Town.
On Sept. 8, APD was notified that an elderly woman was scammed out of $93,000. The victim, who is from Springfield, Mo., was contacted by a person pretending to be with the “Office of the Inspector General, Cyber Crimes Division,” according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit.
Alexandria residents will rally in Del Ray on Friday (Oct. 30) against flyers and graffiti targeting the city’s immigrant community.
An “ad-hoc group of Alexandria residents” is organizing the Alexandrians Stand Together event, which starts at 5 p.m. at the entrance to the Mount Jefferson Park & Greenway at 301 Hume Avenue.
The suspect in a stabbing near the Braddock Road Metro station has pleaded guilty to malicious wounding and now awaits sentencing.
Maurice Antonio Moore, 55, pleaded guilty on Sept. 24 to stabbing a man in the neck near benches in the plaza area of the 1200 block of Braddock Place on the evening of July 21. Moore faces between five and 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $100,000 and will be sentenced on Dec. 10.
The Alexandria City Council unanimously hired the city’s interim independent policing auditor on Tuesday night.
Florence Finkle of the California-based OIR Group will sign her contract to be the interim auditor on Oct. 29, as the city begins a national search for the permanent position.
A 44-year-old Alexandria man listed as a critical missing person was found beaten to death in the closet of a West End apartment, Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire told reporters today (Oct. 28).
The Alexandria Police Department listed Joshua Cochran as a critical missing person on Oct. 27, two days after he was reported missing by his family. APD said that he was last seen the evening of Oct. 24 in the 1400 block of N. Beauregard Street, and detectives were able to backtrack his movements to find that he was having drinks at a restaurant in the city with 63-year-old John Stremple III.
After months of public outcry over privacy concerns, Alexandria will shut down its 61 license plate readers and other cameras along public roadways this week.
On Tuesday night, Alexandria City Manager Jim Parajon and Police Chief Tarrick McGuire briefed City Council that the department will deactivate all Flock cameras in the city within 48 hours and fully remove them by December.
The Alexandria City Council will appoint an interim independent policing auditor at its meeting tonight (Oct. 27).
The interim auditor to investigate allegations of police misconduct will be revealed at City Council’s meeting at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center (4850 Mark Center Drive).
Graffiti appearing to target the immigrant community is being investigated on the Mount Jefferson Park Trail, according to the Alexandria Police Department.
Police believe the graffiti appeared between 11 p.m. Friday (Oct. 23) and 6:30 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 24) at multiple locations on the park trail. The graffiti contained the words “ICE,” “REPORT TO DEPORT,” and the phone number “1-866-DHS-2-ICE.”
