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A Maryland man charged with threatening Alexandria judges and Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office staffers allegedly compared himself to Luigi Mangione — the man charged with the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — according to an Alexandria Police Department search warrant affidavit.

Lindolfo Pedraza has been held without bond since his Jan. 28 arrest at home in Allegany County, Md., and his case will head to a jury trial on Monday, April 13. The 53-year-old is accused of going to a judge’s home and sending threatening emails to two judges and deputy commonwealth’s attorneys involved in a 2021 case in which he lost custody of his son, according to the recently released search warrant affidavit.


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An 18-year-old from Silver Spring, Md., was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) for allegedly brandishing a handgun in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

No one was seriously injured during the incident, which occurred in the 800 block of John Carlyle Street around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday. The victim told police that he did not know the suspect, who had pulled out a handgun and cocked it, according to an APD radio dispatch.


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A 33-year-old Alexandria man is facing a felony charge after allegedly shooting a gun in his Landmark area apartment last month.

The man was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in an occupied building, in connection to an overnight incident reported at his residence in the 100 block of S. Van Dorn Street.


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A former groomer at Your Dog’s Best Friends was found guilty today of felony animal cruelty resulting in the death of a two-year-old golden retriever named Abigail, and four misdemeanor counts of animal abuse.

Kevin Malik Sanders, 30, pleaded guilty to the felony animal cruelty charge, a Class 6 felony punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $2,500 fine. Each misdemeanor count also carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.


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A Maryland man is being held without bond after allegedly making violent threats against two Alexandria judges, the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday (Thursday).

The suspect, 53-year-old Lindolfo Pedraza, of Cumberland, was arrested by Cumberland police at his home on Wednesday afternoon, after the judges showed ASO several threatening electronic communications. He was charged with two counts of threats of death or bodily injury, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of harassment by computer, and one count of stalking.


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Two teenage boys were arrested last Tuesday after allegedly brandishing a BB gun and robbing another teen of his jacket in Seminary Hill.

Teenagers reportedly robbed the victim at around 2:51 p.m. at a bus stop across the street from Francis C. Hammond Middle School.


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A Maryland man faces felony charges after being arrested for trying to cash an altered check at a bank in Old Town.

The suspect from Oxon Hill was arrested inside the bank at the 100 block of S. Fairfax Street on Dec. 15 after trying to cash a check for $1,950, while the account holder told the branch manager that the check was, in fact, made out to the man who delivers her newspapers for $20.


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An 18-year-old Alexandria man goes to court this month for allegedly shooting and robbing a man in Alexandria West back in August.

John Montgomery is being held without bond after his Dec. 12 arrest, more than four months after the Aug. 19 shooting and robbery in an apartment parking lot at the 3200 block of S. 28th Street.


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An emergency protective order has been issued against an Alexandria man after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s son in the face with a fork on New Year’s Day.

The 41-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with malicious wounding after the incident, which occurred at around 11:30 a.m. in an apartment at the 5300 block of Essex Court in the West End, near the Winkler Botanical Preserve.


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The Alexandria Police Department arrested a Woodbridge teenager in Landmark this month after he was allegedly found in possession of fentanyl, more than seven ounces of marijuana, a loaded handgun and nearly $1,500 in cash.

The 17-year-old suspect agreed to meet an undercover APD officer on Dec. 11 to sell five fentanyl pills in a parking lot at the 5700 block of Edsall Road, after he had advertised selling drugs on Instagram. His arrest followed an undercover operation that began in October, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.


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An Alexandria man is behind bars after an alleged strong-arm robbery in Del Ray early Saturday morning.

The 31-year-old suspect barricaded himself in an apartment at the 1700 block of Dewitt Avenue after allegedly stealing another person’s electronics around 2:15 a.m., according to Alexandria Police Department dispatches.


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