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

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.

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Man arrested 6 years after allegedly stealing girlfriend’s rental car in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published September 14, 2026 at 1:45PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A Manassas man faces felony theft charges after allegedly taking his then-girlfriend’s rental car from a hotel in Alexandria more than six years ago.

The victim is a Canadian citizen and reported the incident to the Alexandria Police Department on July 7, 2020. The victim told police that she flew in the day before from Canada to see her boyfriend, who she’d met in January, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit.

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‘I do not think there’s a role for Flock’ in Alexandria, says Mayor Gaskins

By James Cullum

Published September 9, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated September 9, 2026 at 4:58PM

Attendees at the Sept. 8, 2026 City Council meeting protesting Flock cameras (staff photo by James Cullum)

Mayor Alyia Gaskins told city leaders on Tuesday that she does not “see a role for Flock” cameras in Alexandria.

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, two City Council members joined Gaskins in the sentiment after a presentation by Police Chief Tarrick McGuire on license plate reader (LPR) technology used in the city. The Alexandria Police Department has 61 license plate readers and other cameras along public roadways, according to Flock’s transparency portal.

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Cameron Run Regional Park employee arrested for allegedly robbing concession stand

By James Cullum

Published September 9, 2026 at 11:45AM

Cameron Run Regional Park at 4001 Eisenhower Avenue (via Google Maps)

An Alexandria juvenile was arrested for allegedly robbing the batting cages concession stand at Cameron Run Regional Park on Eisenhower Avenue.

Around 9:40 p.m. on Aug. 1, an employee at the concession stand heard a knock at the door, and when he opened it saw two people wearing all black clothing and black face masks, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit. One suspect allegedly grabbed the cashier from behind to restrain him, while the second suspect went to the cash drawer and stole more than $200.

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

By James Cullum

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.