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JUST IN: Alexandria man indicted on murder charges for Holmes Run Parkway shooting

Published September 30, 2026 at 1:45PM

A man was shot in the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway in Alexandria’s West End, July 15, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 38-year-old Alexandria man was indicted by a grand jury today (Sept. 30) on murder charges for the July 15 fatal shooting of Charles Talley in the city’s West End.

The 36-year-old 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 murder and use of a firearm in commission of murder.

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APD: Alleged 2025 sexual assault at Alexandria City High School remains an open investigation

By James Cullum

Published September 18, 2026 at 2:45PM | Updated September 18, 2026 at 3:01PM

Alexandria Police at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (staff photo by James Cullum)

An alleged sexual assault in a bathroom at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus (3775 W. Braddock Road) last year is still an open investigation, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

On the day of the incident — March 15, 2025 — the 15-year-old victim told police that she was pushed against her will by a male student into a unisex bathroom at the school. The victim said she was prevented from escaping and told the suspect to stop several times. An ACHS security officer heard them inside the bathroom and intervened, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria teen pleads not guilty in manslaughter trial over fatal Potomac Yard Metro chase

By James Cullum

Published August 18, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated August 20, 2026 at 1:12PM

Suspected fare evaders captured chasing a man, who tried to elude them by jumping onto the tracks of the Potomac Yard Metro station before being struck by a train (via MTPD)

A 19-year-old Alexandria woman has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of a man who was struck by a train and later died last summer at the Potomac Yard Metro station.

Prosecutors allege that 40-year-old James Halley Lynt was trying to escape being attacked by then-18-year-old Jamayah Burch and her then-17-year-old girlfriend when he jumped from a Metro platform, walked across train tracks and was struck by a train as it left the station.

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Two men sentenced to combined 56 years in prison for rape and robbery at Alexandria hotel

By James Cullum

Published July 29, 2026 at 9:15AM

The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse at 520 King Street in Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

An Alexandria man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, and a Falls Church man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after their convictions for rape and robbery at a hotel in the city’s West End in 2022.

Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Heidi E. Meinzer, on July 9, sentenced 37-year-old Ja’Real Wilkins, of Alexandria, to 40 years of active incarceration on two felony counts of rape and one felony count of forcible sodomy. Less than a week later, on July 14, Judge Kathleen Uston sentenced Wilkins’ partner in crime, 27-year-old Tysheem Boykins of Falls Church to 16 years of active incarceration on one felony count of forcible sodomy and one felony count of robbery by threat.

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Former VP of Alexandria firm indicted for allegedly embezzling $4.5M

By James Cullum

Published May 28, 2026 at 9:15AM

The Alexandria courthouse in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

The former vice president of finance for Alexandria-based cybersecurity firm Invictus has been indicted for allegedly embezzling $4.5 million.

On May 18, a grand jury returned an indictment for Sharon Geok-Lian Lee, 47, of Loudoun County, charging her with 12 counts of felony embezzlement. An Alexandria Police Department investigation concluded that Lee allegedly used the company’s American Express credit cards, which were in her name, to make large amounts of unauthorized purchases that were billed to the company and not reimbursed, according to a release from Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter. Lee was finance director and later VP of finance at Invictus during the scheme.

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JUST IN: Jury finds Alexandria man guilty of manslaughter in West End shooting

By James Cullum

Published May 26, 2026 at 2:05PM | Updated June 4, 2026 at 2:30PM

The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse in Old Town, Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

A jury has found Damontie Earl James guilty of voluntary manslaughter when he shot and killed his former roommate Kory Anding in an apartment in Alexandria’s West End.

James, 27, has been held without bond since his arrest following the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Kory Anding at James’ sister’s apartment at 3450 Berkeley Street on Oct. 25, 2025. Anding was the father of two children with James’ sister. James claimed he shot Anding in self-defense. James was also found guilty of unlawful shooting in an occupied building and not guilty of using a firearm in the commission of a murder.

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Driver sentenced in Alexandria crash that killed pedestrian on sidewalk

By Emily Leayman

Published April 24, 2026 at 3:55PM

The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse at 520 King Street in Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

A driver has been sentenced for a fatal crash that killed a pedestrian walking on a sidewalk in April 2025, according to the Alexandria Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

Jilmar Doria Medina, 43, of Accokeek, Md., was sentenced April 9 in Alexandria Circuit Court to six years in prison. Medina was convicted on a felony charge of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of 0.15-0.20 after a four-day jury trial in December 2025. He is being held without bail at the Alexandria jail pending his transfer to prison.

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Police: Man who threatened Alexandria judges compared himself to Luigi Mangione

By James Cullum

Published March 19, 2026 at 11:45AM

The Franklin P. Backus Courthouse at 520 King Street in Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

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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Grand jury indicts ex-D.C. police officer on multiple sexual assault charges in Alexandria

By Katie Taranto

Published March 9, 2026 at 4:30PM

APD Chief Tarrick McGuire speaks during a press conference regarding multiple sexual assault cases in the region, joined by Prince George’s County Deputy Police Chief, Curtis Lightner (left), Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, Tara H. Jackson and Alexandria Commonwealth's Attorney, Bryan Porter (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

An Alexandria grand jury indicted a former D.C. police officer on more than two dozen felony charges today (Monday) related to a series of sexual assaults in Alexandria last year.

Timothy Valentin, 30, of Fort Washington, Md., is currently accused of multiple sexual assaults in Alexandria and Maryland that occurred between 2024 and 2025. The suspect, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department until 2022, faces new charges including rape by force, rape by incapacitation and abduction with intent to defile in connection to three cases in Alexandria last year.

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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.