The Alexandria Police Department and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating the death of an Alexandria Sheriff’s Office inmate yesterday (Monday).
Ricardo Roberts, 60, died shortly after 5 a.m. yesterday “while being treated for chronic medical issues” at Inova Fairfax Hospital, the Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday. The investigations are required by law following an in-custody death.
A man allegedly stabbed his 21-year-old son in the arm with a pocket knife in a West End apartment on Sunday evening (June 29) before turning the knife on himself, ALXnow has learned.
An update to this story can be found here – JUST IN: Man dies after allegedly stabbing his son in West End apartment
An Alexandria police officer and another driver have been transported to the hospital after a crash this morning in Old Town.
The crash between an Alexandria Police Department cruiser and a van was reported at around 10 a.m. near the intersection of S. Patrick Street (Route 1) and Franklin Street. The officer suffered a head injury, according to Alexandria Fire Department dispatches.
