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Man allegedly drives off in stolen car with over $10K in tools from Arlandria dealership

Published September 4, 2026 at 1:45PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Alexandria man faces felony theft charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle and more than $10,000 in tools from a car dealership in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.

The Alexandria Police Department was notified of the incident around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The suspect allegedly broke into an office window at Alexandria Volkswagen at 107 W. Glebe Road and then drove a 2023 Volkswagen Golf “through the service bay garage door and through the lot fence onto W. Reed Avenue,” according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria man pleads guilty to providing classified information to a foreign government

By James Cullum

Published August 27, 2026 at 2:45PM

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

An Alexandria man pleaded guilty Wednesday (Aug. 26) to transmission of national defense information to a foreign government.

Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, an IT specialist in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Insider Threat Division, was arrested on May 29, 2025, after making a dead drop at a prearranged location. The Federal Bureau of Investigation started its investigation into Laatsch in March 2025, after he sent an email decrying the Trump administration and offering to give classified information to a “friendly foreign government,” according to court records.

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Alexandria man arrested in online child exploitation sting in Fairfax County

By James Cullum

Published August 27, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Alexandria man was among nine men arrested last month as part of an online child exploitation sting by the Fairfax County Police Department.

Henry Flores Herrera, 39, was arrested on July 16 and charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution and using a computer to solicit a minor after allegedly soliciting a detective posing as a juvenile online. Herrera and other suspects believed they were going to meet a juvenile and instead met officers from the department’s Child Exploitation Unit in Fairfax County and were arrested, according to FCPD.

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Alexandria police bust man allegedly selling guns and marijuana on Instagram

By James Cullum

Published August 25, 2026 at 3:45PM

APD discovered photos of firearms, cash and marijuana allegedly sold from an Alexandria man's Instagram account (via APD)

A 23-year-old Alexandria man faces felony charges after allegedly selling guns and marijuana on Instagram.

The suspect was arrested in May after a five-month investigation by the Alexandria Police Department, in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit. APD found that multiple packages containing pounds of marijuana were sent from Arizona and California to the suspect at an address in the 1300 block of Cleveland Street in Alexandria’s North Ridge-Rosemont neighborhood.

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D.C. man faces felony charge after alleged $1K Old Town yoga store theft

By James Cullum

Published August 24, 2026 at 3:45PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A D.C. man has been charged with felony grand larceny after allegedly stealing more than $1,000 of clothing from a popular yoga shop in Old Town last month.

The suspect was arrested on Friday, July 17, after being captured on surveillance footage allegedly stuffing Alo Yoga (814 King Street) merchandise into a white Nordstrom bag and fleeing the store without paying, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria teen found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death after Potomac Yard Metro chase

By James Cullum

Published August 20, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated August 21, 2026 at 1:21PM

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 Alexandria woman has been found guilty by a jury to charges related to the death of a man who was struck by a train last September at the Potomac Yard Metro station.

Jamaya Ann Burch was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery for her actions on Sept. 22, 2025 leading to the death of 40-year-old James Halley Lynt. The jury found that Burch and her then-girlfriend attacked Lynt at the Metro station, leading to him trying to escape by jumping down from the station platform and getting struck by a train.

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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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Elderly Alexandria woman loses $77K in scam involving multiple impersonators

By James Cullum

Published August 18, 2026 at 11:45AM

Money (staff photo by James Cullum)

An elderly Alexandria woman was scammed of $77,000 in a complex scheme last month by multiple suspects purporting to be representatives from Amazon, the Federal Trade Commission and Bank of America.

On June 26, the victim got a call from “Anna Covery,” a woman claiming to work for Amazon, to inform her that her account was compromised. Covey told her that someone used her account to buy a $1,400 laptop and $200 in accessories, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Ex-Del Ray restaurant worker gets nearly six months in jail for hidden bathroom camera recordings

By James Cullum

Published August 7, 2026 at 1:45PM

Gustave Boulangerie and Brasserie at 2213 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray (via Google Maps)

A 20-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to serve nearly six months in jail for making hidden camera recordings inside the bathroom of his former workplace, a popular Del Ray restaurant.

Joshua Hombrebueno, of Oxon Hill, Md., was 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. Five years of his sentence had been suspended, and he must undergo five years of probation.

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APD seeks suspect in struggle over vehicle in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published August 4, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The Alexandria Police Department is looking for the suspect behind an alleged attempted robbery involving the victim’s vehicle earlier in July.

Around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, July 13, APD was dispatched to the area of N. Henry Street and Pendleton Street in Old Town for a fight without weapons. The victim told police that he parked his white Toyota Corolla sedan and left it running with the hazard lights on and doors open to “conduct business” outside a dental office, and returned to his car to find an unknown man getting into it, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Amazon driver assaulted in attempted carjacking in Alexandria West

By James Cullum

Published August 3, 2026 at 11:45AM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Amazon delivery driver was the victim of an attempted carjacking in the city’s West End on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 2).

Around 4:15 p.m., an Amazon driver called 911 to report that a man pulled him out of his van and assaulted him in the 5000 block of Seminary Road. The victim said that the suspect was in a blue BMW with Virginia license plates and reportedly brandished a knife, according to Alexandria Police Department radio dispatches.