crime | ALXnow - Part 28

Alexandria police still investigating Carlyle shooting that injured two men last month

Published March 14, 2024 at 10:50AM

Two men were shot in the 2600 block of Foundry Way on Feb. 16, 2024 (via Google Maps)

No arrests have been made as Alexandria police continue to investigate the shooting of two men in the Carlyle neighborhood last month.

The incident occurred in the parking lot of a gated apartment complex in the 2600 block of Foundry Way at around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16. A witness told police that they heard seven gunshots, looked out a window and saw a newer model white Mercedes Benz four-door sedan with tinted windows speed out the front gate, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Sex offender held without bond after alleged sodomy/abduction in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published March 12, 2024 at 2:30PM

Police car lights (file photo)

A 50-year-old sex offender is being held without bond after allegedly abducting a woman in Old Town and sodomizing her, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

The victim told police from Inova Alexandria Hospital on Feb. 1 that she met the suspect on the evening of Jan. 29 while riding on the King Street Trolley. The victim told police that he told her about his prior military service and that they talked for several minutes before they decided to get coffee at Bob & Edith’s Diner (1743 King Street).

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No bond for suspect after allegedly breaking clerk’s nose at West End 7-Eleven

By James Cullum

Published March 12, 2024 at 1:30PM

The 7-Eleven at 6120 Lincolnia Road (via Google Maps)

A 30-year-old man is being held without bond for allegedly stealing juice drinks and assaulting an employee from a West End 7-Eleven.

On Feb. 7, the employee at the store at 6120 Lincolnia Road called 911 to report the incident, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The victim told police that the suspect walked into the store, took three-to-four juice bottles and then walked out without paying and sat across the street at a bus stop.

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Rep. Beyer secures federal funding for four projects in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published March 7, 2024 at 3:30PM

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Old Town, March 2, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria is getting $3.5 million in federal funds to pay for public safety, transit, affordable housing and flooding infrastructure projects, Northern Virginia Congressman Don Beyer (D-8th) announced today.

“Even in the minority amid a divided and chaotic Congress, I am laser focused on helping my constituents and benefitting Northern Virginia,” Beyer said in a statement.

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UPDATED: Man arrested after pepper-spraying incident at Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility in the West End

By James Cullum

Published March 5, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated March 5, 2024 at 4:21PM

The Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility at 5301 Eisenhower Avenue. (staff photo by James Cullum)

(Updated at 4:15 p.m.) A man was arrested this morning after a fight at the Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility that resulted in a handgun allegedly brandished and man getting pepper-sprayed.

The incident occurred at around 8:15 a.m., according to Alexandria Police Department dispatches. An employee of the facility at 53001 Eisenhower Avenue reported to APD that trash truck drivers were arguing with each other, and that one sprayed the victim with pepper spray and that another suspect brandished a handgun.

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D.C. teen arrested for murder of former interpreter who fled Taliban to Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published March 4, 2024 at 1:30PM

Nasrat Ahmad Yar (image via Facebook)

A 15-year-old Northeast D.C. boy was arrested Friday and charged with felony murder while armed in last year’s shooting death of Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a former interpreter with U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, who fled the Taliban in 2021 with his wife and four children and moved to Alexandria.

Yar was working as a Lyft Driver in D.C. on July 3, 2023, when he was shot and killed just at around midnight in the 400 block of 11th Street NE. Video footage near the scene showed four young people running through an alley after the shooting. One of them said, “You killed him,” and another responded, “He was reaching bro.”

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BREAKING: D.C. man indicted on charges of abduction and attempted rape in Potomac Yard

By Vernon Miles

Published February 29, 2024 at 11:25AM

2200 block of Main Line Blvd (image via Google Maps)

Washington D.C. resident Dykwon Perry Davis has been indicted by a multi-jurisdictional jury on two felony charges: abduction with intent to defile and attempted rape.

Davis is charged with the attempted abduction in the Potomac Yard neighborhood earlier this month. On Feb. 3, Davis allegedly attacked a woman who had just parked her car on the 2200 block of Main Line Blvd and attempted to pull her into an alley. Davis allegedly tried to remove the woman’s pants but she was able to fight him off.

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Man charged with three felonies after gold necklace stolen from Alexandria pawn shop

By James Cullum

Published February 27, 2024 at 1:40PM

A man was arrested for three felonies after allegedly stealing a necklace from the First Cash Pawn SHop at 516-C S. Van Dorn Street (via Google Maps)

A 29-year-old Washington, D.C. man was arrested last month for allegedly stealing a $1,300 necklace from the First Cash Pawn shop in Alexandria’s West End and then trying to resell it the following day at the pawn shop’s Arlington location.

The 14-karat gold necklace was reported stolen from the shop at 516-C S. Van Dorn Street on August 19, 2023, and the suspect allegedly pawned it the following day at the First Cash Pawn at 89 N. Glebe Road in Arlington, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria middle schoolers outpace high schoolers in student arrests

By James Cullum

Published February 21, 2024 at 1:45PM

George Washington Middle School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Twenty three Alexandria middle schoolers and eight Alexandria City High School students were arrested in the first two quarters of this school year, according to a report that the School Board will receive Thursday.

There were also 213 incidents requiring a police response, including five weapons-related incidents, 43 students needing EMS assistance, 56 fights/assaults and three reports of sexual assault.

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Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center gets funding (and stern words) from Alexandria City Council

By James Cullum

Published February 16, 2024 at 9:45AM

Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Alexandria’s City Council unanimously approved releasing $657,629 to allow the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center to continue operating, but that doesn’t mean they’re happy about it.

Council was told that the detention center (200 S. Whiting Street) has seen a dramatic increase in usage over the last year, and that the center is pursuing a pilot program with National Capital Treatment & Recovery to introduce a substance abuse recovery program to the unit. They were also told that an unused portion of the facility was being studied for future use.

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Alexandria fentanyl and gun trafficker sentenced to 15 years in prison

By Vernon Miles

Published February 14, 2024 at 9:55AM

Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse (image via Google Maps)

Alexandria resident Carrington Hammond, found guilty of multiple fentanyl and gun trafficking charges, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

Hammond was found guilty of selling fentanyl-laced pills that looked like oxycodone and selling firearms with the serial numbers filed off — aka a “ghost” gun.