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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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‘Jane Doe is not alone’: Del Ray vigil backs sexual assault survivors amid national outrage

By James Cullum

Published October 14, 2026 at 1:45PM

A candlelight vigil and guided meditation for victims of sexual assault at the Wellness Junction in Del Ray, Oct. 13, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Dozens of people participated in a candlelight vigil and guided meditation for victims of sexual assault in Del Ray on Tuesday night (Oct. 13).

The event was led by clinical psychologists Lauren Fisher, Eleni Boosalis and Talia Abreu in the parking lot of Del Ray Psych and Wellness (1900 Mount Vernon Avenue). As national outrage grows over allegations of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University, participants at the vigil said they hope the country is reaching an inflection point on the issue.

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Thieves target Inova at Landmark construction site for copper wire

By James Cullum

Published October 8, 2026 at 2:45PM

Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark, April 13, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the theft of copper and security wire from the Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark construction site.

No arrests have been made, but around 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 30, the senior superintendent of Clark Construction reported a burglary to APD. Just 10 minutes before, at 4:05 p.m., surveillance footage showed a white U-Haul cargo van drive into the construction site and two male suspects enter one of the hospital buildings under construction, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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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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State board approves historic marker recognizing lynchings near Alexandria City Hall

By James Cullum

Published October 7, 2026 at 2:45PM

Sign marking the lynching of Benjamin Thomas (image via City of Alexandria)

The Virginia Board of Historic Resources last month approved a new historical marker recognizing the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas in Alexandria.

The 19-year-old McCoy was arrested without a warrant and then lynched by a mob on April 23, 1897, according to the city government. A mob of white residents stormed the Police House (now City Hall), where McCoy was being held after being accused of sexually assaulting three women. He was shot, stabbed and hanged from a lamppost at Cameron and Lee Streets.

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Man charged after machete attack in Alexandria’s Arlandria neighborhood

By James Cullum

Published October 7, 2026 at 12:30PM | Updated October 7, 2026 at 5:05PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A man was charged with malicious wounding and is being held without bond after an alleged machete attack against a homeless man in the Arlandria neighborhood on Sunday (Oct. 4), Alexandria police say.

Around 1:35 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department received multiple calls about a man in a gray Toyota Camry getting out and attacking the victim with a machete near the intersection of W. Glebe Road and Executive Avenue.

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APD releases Flock camera map, reveals 21K queries led to 137 charges in one year

By James Cullum

Published October 6, 2026 at 3:45PM

Map of Flock camera locations in Alexandria (via APD)

Under mounting privacy fears from residents, APD has answered more City Council questions on Flock surveillance cameras and released a map of where 61 of the automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are located throughout the city.

The Alexandria Police Department made nearly 21,000 automated license plate reader queries between August 2025 and August 2026, directly leading to 72 felony charges and 65 misdemeanor charges. That would represent about 5% out of the total 2,694 criminal arrests made during that period. The Flock surveillance cameras also helped APD locate three missing persons and recover 35 stolen vehicles and four firearms, according to APD’s updated FAQ page on Flock cameras.

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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 babysitter faces felony charges after 6-month-old overdoses

By James Cullum

Published October 1, 2026 at 1:45PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Alexandria woman faces child abuse and drug possession charges after a 6-month-old male infant she was babysitting suffered an overdose, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The child’s mother told police that she’s a single mother living in Maryland, and regularly dropped off her child with her cousin in Alexandria before going to work in D.C. Around 7:45 a.m. on Friday, March 6, she said she dropped the child off at her cousin’s condominium in the 200 block of Ellsworth Street in the Taylor Run neighborhood.