crime | ALXnow - Part 38

Alexandria bomb threat suspect was found guilty for similar offense in 2016

Published March 28, 2023 at 3:30PM

Alexandria Police lights (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 33-year-old man with a history of making bomb threats in Alexandria faces three more counts of making bomb threats to the city’s 911 call center.

Mikhail Stefon Douglas, of Severn, Maryland, faces three counts of making bomb threats to the city’s Department of Emergency and Customer Communications call-takers on Nov. 8, 2022. No explosives were found during a police search of the DECC facility at 2525 Mount Vernon Avenue and no one was injured, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Nearly $60,000 raised for Alexandria bartender shot in attempted carjacking

By Vernon Miles

Published March 24, 2023 at 2:45PM

Mason Social bartender James Lee (image via GoFundMe)

A GoFundMe campaign for James Lee, a bartender at Mason Social, has raised $58,653 to help him recover from being shot multiple times in an attempted carjacking.

Zebra reported last week that Lee was reportedly approached by two men while he was stopping for gas on Pennsylvania Avenue. The men allegedly drew their guns and told him to give up his car. When he got in the car and fled, he was shot seven times. He was able to get away and called 911 before passing out from his injuries.

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Alexandria’s gun-related crime skyrocketed 100% in 2022

By James Cullum

Published March 23, 2023 at 2:30PM | Updated July 24, 2023 at 12:25AM

A heat map showing all shots fired calls for service in the City of Alexandria from January 2018 to Feb. 27, 2023 (via City of Alexandria)

Alexandria’s gun-related crimes increased 100% from 2022 over 2021, according to a police report that will be presented to City Council next Tuesday.

The Alexandria Police Department released the city’s Part I (crimes against people) and Part II (nuisance crimes) statistics for 2022 this week, and included are the reported numbers of homicides, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults and more.

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BREAKING: Bank robbery reported in Arlandria

By ALXnow.com

Published March 23, 2023 at 12:45PM | Updated March 23, 2023 at 2:17PM

(Updated 2:15 p.m.) The Alexandria Police Department is responding to reports of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo on the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue in the Arlandria neighborhood.

Scanner traffic indicated the call for the robbery came in around 11:54 a.m. There were no injuries and no weapons reported in connection to the robbery.

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Alexandria man arrested after allegedly strangling ex-girlfriend

By James Cullum

Published March 23, 2023 at 11:00AM

Police car lights (file photo)

A 47-year-old Alexandria man is out on bond after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend in her apartment last month, according to police.

The incident allegedly occurred at the victim’s apartment on Sunday, Feb. 12, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The victim reported that the suspect allegedly strangled her inside of her apartment.

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Man hospitalized with serious injuries after West End shooting on Saturday

By ALXnow.com

Published March 21, 2023 at 10:45AM

A man was shot in the 400 block of N. Armistead Street on Saturday, March 18 (via Google Maps)

A 32-year-old man was shot and seriously injured at a West End apartment complex on Saturday morning, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The man was shot in the upper body at around 10:30 a.m. in the 400 block of N. Armistead Street.

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Alexandria armed robbery suspects allegedly connected to incidents arranged on Facebook Marketplace

By James Cullum

Published March 16, 2023 at 10:45AM

Alexandria Police lights (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria Police have connected two suspects in a West End armed robbery with multiple incidents where victims were robbed after arranging meetups on Facebook Marketplace.

One of the incidents occurred in Alexandria on Dec. 20, 2022, inside the McDonald’s at 3510 Duke Street — just a block away from the Alexandria Police Department headquarters — according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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No arrest after car windows smashed by BB gun in Del Ray

By James Cullum

Published March 10, 2023 at 1:15PM

This car window was shot out by a BB or pellet gun on Monday, March 6, 2023 (via Nextdoor)

No arrests have been made after car windows were shot out by a BB gun in Del Ray this week, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

Two incidents occurred in the early morning of Monday (March 6)– one at the corner of E. Bellefonte Avenue and Leslie Avenue, and the other in front of an apartment building in the the 3000 block of Mount Vernon Avenue.

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Arlington attorney arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards from Alexandria office building

By Vernon Miles

Published March 8, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated March 8, 2023 at 4:21PM

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

(Updated at 10:25 a.m.) An Arlington defense attorney has been arrested and charged with allegedly stealing credit cards from an Alexandria office building multiple times last year.

The attorney is charged with credit card theft and credit card fraud, both as felonies, and another credit card fraud misdemeanor charge.

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Police: Man murdered in Landmark shooting Friday night

By James Cullum

Published March 4, 2023 at 2:55PM | Updated March 4, 2023 at 3:22PM

A man was shot to death in the 200 block of S. Reynolds Street on Friday, March 3, 2023 (via Google Maps)

No arrests have been made since a man was fatally shot in the Landmark area on Friday night.

The Alexandria Police Department was dispatched to the 200 block of S. Reynolds Street at around 11:30 p.m. for reports of a man shot in the upper body. Multiple callers reported to police that a black SUV fled the area after the incident.

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No arrests after stolen car crashes into front yard of townhouse in Potomac West

By James Cullum

Published February 28, 2023 at 1:30PM

A juvenile was arrested after a crash in the 200 block of Tennessee Avenue on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 (staff photo by James Cullum)

No arrests were made after a stolen car crashed into another car and the front yard of a home in Alexandria’s Potomac West neighborhood early Monday morning, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

Police were dispatched at around 1 a.m. to the 200 block of Tennessee Avenue after a silver Toyota Corolla with Maryland license plates allegedly fled police at high speed and crashed into a parked car and into the front yard of a home, damaging the railing to the front steps. Police determined that the car was reported stolen in Alexandria.