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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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APD: Woman allegedly drugged in Old Town bar, raped on outdoor hotel patio

By James Cullum

Published October 7, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated October 7, 2026 at 5:22PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A 34-year-old Alexandria man is being held without bond after allegedly drugging a woman at an Old Town bar and raping her on an outdoor patio of a nearby hotel.

The victim told police that on the night of Sept. 15, she had dinner and drinks with a friend in Old Town. Afterward, she and her friend walked to a popular bar near the waterfront, where she had another drink and waited with her friend for two men to join them, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Fingerprints on White Claw can lead police to alleged West End carjacker

By James Cullum

Published October 5, 2026 at 2:45PM

The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A Maryland man facing 15 years to life in prison for an armed carjacking in Alexandria’s West End was identified by fingerprints found on a discarded White Claw can inside the stolen vehicle.

Around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, the victim was reportedly sitting in his white 2021 Lexus NX300 in a parking lot in the 100 block of S. Reynolds Street when a man opened his driver’s side door and told him he would be killed unless he got out, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit.

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License plate reader helped track down West End murder suspect, police chief says

By James Cullum

Published October 2, 2026 at 12:30PM | Updated October 2, 2026 at 2:14PM

Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, with APD Captain John East (on left) and Sgt. Matt Barnickle, holds a press conference on the July 15 homicide in the city’s West End (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire said that the suspect charged with the murder of Charles Talley in the city’s West End on July 15 was tracked down with automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology, and he has since been extradited from North Carolina.

The victim, Charles Talley, was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, July 15, in the parking lot of the ParcView Apartments in the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway. Corey Delantau Stubblefield has been held without bond since his arrest in North Carolina on Aug. 27, and was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of murder.

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Three D.C. women charged with felonies after yoga store thefts in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published October 1, 2026 at 2:45PM

Lululemon on King Street in Old Town (via Google Maps)

Three women from D.C. face felony charges after being arrested for allegedly running out of a yoga store in Old Town with handfuls of clothing.

The three women were arrested by Alexandria Police Department officers in the early afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 6 for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Lululemon store at 700 King Street and the Alo Yoga store at 814 King Street, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria police to publish map of Flock camera locations, conduct surveillance systems audit

By James Cullum

Published September 28, 2026 at 2:45PM

A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (David Goldman/Associated Press file)

The Alexandria Police Department will release a map of automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera locations across the city by Oct. 1, the same day that it begins a third-party audit of its surveillance programs.

That’s according to a long list of answers that APD posted on the city’s website in response to questions posed at the Sept. 8 City Council meeting. At that meeting, Mayor Alyia Gaskins said that she does not think there is a role for Flock cameras in the city, and was backed up by two other Council members.

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Feds accuse Alexandria-based computer forensics firm leaders of hiding Russian ownership

By James Cullum

Published September 24, 2026 at 1:45PM

The statue of Justice outside the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

The founder and the CEO of an Alexandria-based digital forensics software firm have been arrested after allegedly hiding that the company is owned and controlled by Russian nationals with Russian technology, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Oxygen Forensics Inc. founder and co-owner Oleg Sergeyevich Davydov, 52, was arrested Sunday [Sept. 20] at London Heathrow Airport before getting on a flight to Istanbul, and CEO Lee Reiber, 55, was arrested in Idaho the same day. Both were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and the U.S. is trying to extradite Davydov.

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Potomac Yard restaurant staff recount fighting off attempted robber with grill scraper

By James Cullum

Published September 23, 2026 at 9:15AM

Omar’s Pitas & Platters at 3100 Richmond Highway (staff photo by James Cullum)

Staffers at a restaurant in the Potomac Yard area recently fought off a knife-wielding attempted robber and are telling their story.

On the night of Sept. 1, manager Merve McDonald was behind the counter at Omar’s Pitas & Platters (3100 Richmond Highway) and turned his back momentarily when the commotion started.

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APD: Attempted robbery suspect left blood trail, was found under his mother’s bed

By James Cullum

Published September 22, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Employees at a local business fought off a knife-wielding robber at a restaurant near Potomac Yard on Sept. 1, and the 64-year-old suspect is being held without bond after police found him hiding under his mother’s bed.

Around 11:15 p.m., the suspect allegedly walked into the restaurant in the 3100 block of Richmond Highway holding a large hunting knife. Staff reported that he jumped on the front counter and demanded they open the register. Instead, the three employees threw things at the suspect and injured him with a large grill scraper, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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JUST IN: Arlandria stabbing suspect arrested, was recently indicted after traffic incident

By James Cullum

Published September 16, 2026 at 2:45PM

Tiger Mart and Bakery at 3903 Mount Vernon Avenue in the city's Arlandria neighborhood (via Google Maps)

A 21-year-old Alexandria man is under arrest for allegedly stabbing a man early Tuesday morning (Sept. 15) outside a convenience store in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.

Jelzon Garcia Gonzales was arrested in the 7000 block of Columbia Pike in Annandale after the Alexandria Police Department received “multiple tips from the community” and a photo of the suspect from a nearby business, APD announced today (Sept. 16). He was charged with aggravated malicious wounding and is being held without bond.

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Cocaine, guns and codeine seized from Alexandria apartment in multi-county probe

By James Cullum

Published September 15, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A 29-year-old Alexandria man is being held without bond after being arrested last month for drug and firearm possession outside of his West End apartment.

After being tracked traveling from New York, the suspect was arrested in a vehicle outside his apartment building in the 2000 block of N. Beauregard Street on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Earlier in the month, an investigator with the Arlington County Police Department alerted the Alexandria Police Department that it was investigating claims that the suspect was pressing and selling kilograms of cocaine from apartments in Arlington and Alexandria, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.