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ICE arrests former Del Ray restaurant worker convicted of unlawful filming in bathroom

Published October 15, 2026 at 1:00PM

The William G. Truesdale Alexandria Adult Detention Center (via Google Maps)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a man that had been sentenced for unlawful recordings in a Del Ray restaurant bathroom.

ICE said in a release on its “worst of the worst” arrests, Joshua Gabriel Car Hombrebueno, 21, of Oxon Hill, Md. was arrested earlier this week. In August, he had been sentenced to serve 179 days in jail after being found guilty of making hidden camera recordings inside the employee restroom of Gustave Boulangerie & Brasserie (2213 Mount Vernon Avenue) in September 2025. ICE said Hombrebueno is from the Philippines and is not legally in the U.S.

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Daughter of Alexandria military family reaches top 10 in Baby of the Year contest

By Emily Leayman

Published September 29, 2026 at 11:45AM

Ava Pasley made the top five of the 2026 Baby of the Year competition (courtesy of Gabrielle Pasley)

At just 10 months old, Alexandria baby Ava Pasley has earned her place in the national spotlight.

Ava is in the top 10 of the 2026 Baby of the Year competition run by Colossal Management to support nonprofit Baby2Baby. She has advanced to the round of voting that will determine the top five babies. She comes from an Air Force veteran mother who is now a deputy sheriff at the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office and active-duty Air Force father.

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Alexandria first responders, leaders mark 25 years since 9/11

By James Cullum

Published September 11, 2026 at 2:45PM | Updated September 11, 2026 at 6:32PM

The 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Alexandria Police Department headquarters, Sept. 11, 2026 (courtesy of Alexandria Police Department)

Alexandria leaders and first responders commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Alexandria Police Headquarters this morning (Sept. 11).

Nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11 when terrorists flew commercial airliners into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center buildings in New York City, and into a field near Shanksville, Pa. On that fateful day, the Alexandria Police and Fire Departments and Sheriff’s Office responded to the Pentagon after it was struck by American Airlines flight 77.

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Record participation set for Alexandria’s National Night Out with 54 sites

By Emily Leayman

Published July 30, 2026 at 11:45AM

2025 National Night Out in Alexandria (courtesy of the Alexandria Police Department)

National Night Out, an annual program that promotes community and law enforcement partnerships to combat crime, will get record participation from Alexandria this year.

The city will have 54 participating sites on Tuesday, Aug. 4, which is also the date of Democratic and Republican primary elections.

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City Council to vote on expanding probe into in-custody death of Allan Tucker II

By James Cullum

Published July 24, 2026 at 1:45PM

Independent Policing Auditor Ameratu Kamara speaks to the Independent Community Policing Review Board on June 29, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

City Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, July 29 to approve more investigation into the August 2025 death of a man in Alexandria Police Department custody.

Earlier this month, the city’s Independent Community Policing Review Board (ICPRB) voted unanimously to send back an “incomplete” report on the death of Allan Tucker II. Board Chair Deborah Porter told City Council in a July 17 letter that it needs the council’s go-ahead to approve an additional investigation into a sergeant supervisor’s actions, more details on the auditor’s interaction with the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office and clarity behind Independent Police Auditor Ameratu Kamara’s decision to not publicly share disciplinary recommendations against the officers that she gave to Police Chief Tarrick McGuire.

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Fired Alexandria sheriff’s deputy allegedly agreed to smuggle drugs to inmate for $500

By James Cullum

Published July 13, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated July 13, 2026 at 4:22PM

The William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center (via City of Alexandria)

More details have been released about a fired Alexandria sheriff’s deputy going to court next month after allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs to an inmate in the city jail.

During the first week in April, an inmate at the detention center informed the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office that at least one sworn officer had given an inmate food items and narcotics. A widespread investigation found then-Deputy Sheriff Amarachukwu W. Igwe had an “overly familiar relationship with a male inmate,” according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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More details released on $35K jewelry smash-and-grab in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published July 6, 2026 at 3:45PM

An Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 23-year-old Alexandria man heads to court this month after allegedly stealing a necklace and bracelet valued at $34,750 from an Old Town jewelry store and breaking into nearby Christ Church to hide.

Around 10 a.m. on June 4, an off-duty Alexandria sheriff’s deputy was working security at the shop in the 600 block of King Street when she heard banging sounds outside and saw a man in a black hooded sweatshirt steal the bracelet and necklace and flee on foot. The off-duty deputy then chased the suspect into an alley in the 100 block of N. Washington Street, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria’s police review board sends back ‘incomplete’ report on in-custody death

By James Cullum

Published July 2, 2026 at 3:45PM

The Independent Community Policing Review Board on Monday, June 29, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s Independent Community Policing Review Board wants more questions answered on last summer’s in-custody death of Allan Tucker II.

The board unanimously voted on Wednesday night (July 1) to inform City Council that a report on the Alexandria Police Department response to the incident is incomplete and needs further investigation.

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

By James Cullum

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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Alexandria Sheriff’s Office finds no policy violations in death of man awaiting jail booking

By James Cullum

Published June 29, 2026 at 2:45PM

The William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center (via City of Alexandria)

The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office maintains that it violated no policies when a man arrested for public intoxication died while waiting to be booked into the city jail.

On Aug. 15, 2025, Allan Tucker II died in APD custody in the sally port of the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center after waiting upward of 35 minutes during a Sheriff’s office shift change. In a release put out today (June 29), ASO said that the Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team found “no criminal wrongdoing on the part of Alexandria Police Department or Alexandria Sheriff’s Office personnel.”

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Hearing on man’s death in Alexandria police custody set for late June

By James Cullum

Published June 15, 2026 at 12:30PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Alexandria’s Independent Community Policing Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Monday, June 29, after the release of a report on the death of 32-year-old Allan Tucker in Alexandria Police Department custody last summer.

The public hearing will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. in City Council Chamber at the Del Pepper Community Center, following the release of the auditor’s report Monday, June 22 on the auditor and board’s website. The public hearing will allow for residents to speak before the review board for three minutes apiece.