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Grand jury indicts ex-D.C. police officer on multiple sexual assault charges in Alexandria

Published March 9, 2026 at 4:30PM

APD Chief Tarrick McGuire speaks during a press conference regarding multiple sexual assault cases in the region, joined by Prince George’s County Deputy Police Chief, Curtis Lightner (left), Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, Tara H. Jackson and Alexandria Commonwealth's Attorney, Bryan Porter (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

An Alexandria grand jury indicted a former D.C. police officer on more than two dozen felony charges today (Monday) related to a series of sexual assaults in Alexandria last year.

Timothy Valentin, 30, of Fort Washington, Md., is currently accused of multiple sexual assaults in Alexandria and Maryland that occurred between 2024 and 2025. The suspect, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department until 2022, faces new charges including rape by force, rape by incapacitation and abduction with intent to defile in connection to three cases in Alexandria last year.

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GoFundMe launched for 19-year-old victim of Canterbury Square homicide

By James Cullum

Published April 25, 2025 at 1:45PM

GoFunMe for Deandre Jack, who was shot to death on April 19, 2025 in the city's West End (via GoFundMe)

A GoFundMe has been launched for Deaundre Jack, the victim of last Saturday’s (April 19) homicide in the West End.

The 19-year-old Jack was shot and killed in the parking lot of 22 Canterbury Square, and his death remains under investigation by the Alexandria Police Department. The fundraiser has so far exceeded its $5,000 goal by raising $5,360 as of 1:30 p.m. Friday (April 25).

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Third dog reported dead after recent stay at Potomac Yard PetSmart

By Vernon Miles

Published July 22, 2024 at 10:05AM

Potomac Yard Petsmart (image via Google Maps)

In an investigation update issued on Friday evening, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) said a third dog owner has come forward and said their pet died shortly after a stay at the Potomac Yard PetSmart boarding facility.

The investigation started with an investigation into a three-year-old Aussiedoodle — with no history of health problems and a clean check-up just weeks earlier — who was dropped off dead at a veterinarian’s office after being boarded at PetSmart’s PetsHotel.

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Alexandria Police investigating shooting near Duke Street on Sunday

By Vernon Miles

Published July 15, 2024 at 11:15AM

Police investigating shooting near 4600 Duke Street (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating a shooting off Duke Street yesterday (Sunday) afternoon near 4600 Duke Street

APD described the incident as “a felonious assault with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Alexandria Police investigating sexual assault in Del Ray last night

By Vernon Miles

Published February 21, 2024 at 12:15PM | Updated February 21, 2024 at 1:49PM

2312 Mount Vernon Avenue (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating a sexual assault that occurred last night (Tuesday) in Del Ray.

Police said a woman was walking after midnight around Mount Vernon and Commonwealth Avenues when she was attacked and assaulted by a stranger.

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JUST IN: Man assaulted and robbed at gunpoint of jacket in Old Town North

By James Cullum

Published January 19, 2024 at 2:30PM

Alexandria police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Old Town North on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 (via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating an alleged assault and armed robbery of a man this snowy afternoon in Old Town North.

At around 1:40 p.m., the victim reported to police that a man wearing a dark jacket and light-colored jeans pulled a tan and black handgun on him, punched him, and took his black Canada Goose jacket with fur lining the hood, according to the police scanner.

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Man robbed by gang in broad daylight on Yoakum Parkway in Alexandria’s West End

By James Cullum

Published November 30, 2023 at 1:30PM

A man was robbed in the 200 block of Yoakum Parkway on

A man was allegedly robbed by four males on Monday afternoon on Yoakum Parkway in Alexandria’s West End.

At around 4:45 p.m., the 38-year-old victim reported to the Alexandria Police Department that he’d been robbed by four males while walking in the 200 block of Yoakum Parkway. The victim told police that he’d been walking with $50 in his hand, and that that’s what the suspects took.

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BREAKING: Botched burglary leads to double murder in West End

By James Cullum

Published July 16, 2022 at 11:40AM | Updated July 18, 2022 at 12:08PM

Two people were killed in the 200 block of Century Drive on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (staff photo by James Cullum)

Updated at 1:40 p.m. Two people were shot to death in a burglary gone wrong in the West End on Saturday morning (July 16).

One person of interest is in custody, and police continue to investigate multiple crime scenes at an apartment complex in Century Drive.

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DNA links Alexandria felon to gun stolen nearly eight months ago

By James Cullum

Published April 29, 2022 at 10:45AM

An Alexandria police cruiser (Staff photo by James Cullum)

DNA evidence has linked a stolen handgun left in a car to a 32-year-old Alexandria felon, who now faces upward of two years in prison.

The .45 caliber Para Ordnance 1911 pistol was reported stolen from a car in Centreville on August 28, 2021, according to a search warrant affidavit. The same gun was recovered September 2, 2021, by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police in an abandoned car that was reported stolen from Arlington.

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JUST IN: Officials investigate fire at Jordan Street 7-Eleven

By Alan Henney

Published January 3, 2022 at 9:00PM

S. Jordan Street 7-Eleven fire (Image courtesy Will Mahoney / @HeelWillMahoney)

A possible firebombing at a convenience store is under investigation.

Alexandria officials have not commented officially yet, but according to radio reports, investigators are looking for four to five men who threw Molotov cocktails into the 7-Eleven on S. Jordan Street at Duke Street around 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

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JUST IN: Juvenile arrested as police looking for video of West End smash and grab incidents

By James Cullum

Published May 14, 2021 at 2:50PM

Alexandria Police say that a string of recent smash-and-grab burglaries in the West End are tied to 130 similar incidents throughout the region.

Last month, police investigated five separate incidents that occurred at businesses on S. Pickett Street in the West End on April 23. A juvenile was arrested in connection to the incidents as well as another commercial burglary in Arlington County.