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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

Published May 20, 2022 at 3:45PM

An alleged carjacking that turned fatal last Friday derailed that week’s Top Stories post, but the weekly roundup returns.

That carjacking, unsurprisingly, was the top story of this past week. Jordan Poteat, an 18-year old from Maryland, was killed by the driver of the vehicle. Another alleged carjacker, 18-year-old Mikell Morris, was injured and arrested, and two juvenile males, both 15 years of age, were also arrested and charged with carjacking. Poteat’s mother told local news stations that her son didn’t deserve to die, regardless of his alleged crime.

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Police investigating Fairfax man’s death in Alexandria jail

By Vernon Miles

Published May 18, 2022 at 4:55PM | Updated May 18, 2022 at 5:32PM

The William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center (via City of Alexandria)

(Updated 5:30 p.m.) Alexandria law enforcement is investigating the death of Anthony Mouf, a 25-year-old Fairfax County man in Alexandria’s William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center

According to a city release, Mouf was found suffering from an apparent medical emergency alone in his cell in the jail’s booking area.

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Police: No foul play suspected after sudden death in Arlandria

By James Cullum

Published May 5, 2022 at 3:30PM

Police car lights (file photo)

Alexandria Police do no suspect foul play behind a sudden death last week in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.

On April 27 (Wednesday), a 55-year-old man was found dead in the doorway of a building in the 3900 block of Mount Vernon Avenue at around 6:45 a.m. The area from Executive Avenue to Russell Road was temporarily shut down while police investigated.

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Police investigating sudden death in Arlandria neighborhood

By James Cullum

Published April 27, 2022 at 9:45AM | Updated April 27, 2022 at 11:02AM

Alexandria Police cruiser (staff photo by James Cullum)

(Updated at 10:45 a.m.) Alexandria Police reported a sudden death Wednesday morning in the City’s Arlandria neighborhood.

The death was reported in the 3900 block of Mount Vernon Avenue at around 6:45 a.m., and the area from Executive Avenue to Russell Road was temporarily shut down, but the street was reopened as of 10 a.m.

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Alexandria police investigate city’s first homicide of the year in West End

By Brandi Bottalico

Published March 25, 2022 at 4:10PM

Alexandria Police at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus. (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the city’s first homicide of 2022 in West End.

Officers responded around 6:50 a.m. Wednesday to the 4500 block of Raleigh Avenue for an unresponsive person lying in the bushes, police said. When they arrived, they discovered Alexandria resident Elijah Williams, 25, dead on the sidewalk near one of the residences.

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JUST IN: Alexandria man charged with December murder of woman in West End

By James Cullum

Published January 12, 2022 at 11:45AM

Alexandria Police cruiser (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 40-year-old Alexandria man has been charged with the Dec. 7 murder of a woman in the West End.

David Cunningham was charged with the second degree murder of 23-year-old Melia Jones in her apartment in the unit block of South Van Dorn Street. Police have not released how she was killed, and said that Cunningham is being held without bond in the Alexandria jail.

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By Vernon Miles

Published December 17, 2021 at 3:30PM

Ice & Lights: The Winter Village At Cameron Run in 2021 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Well, it hasn’t exactly been a good news-heavy week in Alexandria.

There’s a possible serial killer in the area of Fairfax just south of Alexandria and the much-debated School Resource Officers have been removed from their posts pending an investigation into alleged inappropriate sexual messages to a former student, according to the Washington Post. A local juvenile was also killed in a fatal shooting this past weekend, though police said there’s no threat to public safety and the death is being considered an isolated incident.

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UPDATED: Body found floating near Old Town pier

By Alan Henney

Published November 20, 2021 at 3:35PM | Updated November 20, 2021 at 7:04PM

Police looking at the body found in the water, near the unit block of Duke Street (via social media)

The body of what appears to be a woman was recovered from the Potomac River this morning in Old Town Alexandria.

The discovery was made just before 10:30 a.m. off Point Lumley Park near the Barca Pier, at the bottom of Duke Street. The woman was fully clothed and wearing shoes, video shared with ALXnow shows.

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UPDATE: Alexandria man charged with homicide after stabbing at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Landmark area

By James Cullum

Published September 27, 2021 at 9:30AM | Updated September 27, 2021 at 2:53PM

(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) A 33-year-old Alexandria man is in custody after a Maryland man was killed at the BJ’s Wholesale Club in the Landmark area of the West End on Saturday night.

The incident occurred at around 7:45 p.m. Rakibul Fakir was charged with second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing 29-year-old Abiy Zemene to death.

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Morning Notes

By James Cullum

Published September 16, 2021 at 5:00AM

The George Washington Memorial Masonic Temple in Old Town at sunset (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Maryland cold case victim was an Alexandria resident — “An Alexandria teen was identified as the victim in a cold case killing 45 years ago. Until now, she was known as the ‘Woodlawn Jane Doe.’ The body of Margaret Fetterolf, 16, of Alexandria, Virginia was found in the 5600 block of Dogwood Road near Lorraine Park Cemetery in Woodlawn, Maryland on Sept. 12, 1976.” [Patch]

Fairfax County puts extra protections around River Farm — “The additional protections will not prevent AHS from selling River Farm, nor is it a guarantee that the land will remain undeveloped. However, it does put hurdles up against the type of dense development at River Farm that has made neighbors nervous.” [Alexandria Living]

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published September 3, 2021 at 3:35PM

Alexandria was spared from significant flooding this week after remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the East Coast. The only flooding found was on lower King Street in Old Town, where businesses laid sandbags at windows and doorways.

“We’re open inside, but if you want to eat you’re probably going to have to come barefoot,” a hostess at Mai Thai told ALXnow on Wednesday.