A man was charged with malicious wounding and is being held without bond after an alleged machete attack against a homeless man in the Arlandria neighborhood on Sunday (Oct. 4), Alexandria police say.
Around 1:35 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department received multiple calls about a man in a gray Toyota Camry getting out and attacking the victim with a machete near the intersection of W. Glebe Road and Executive Avenue.
Employees at a local business fought off a knife-wielding robber at a restaurant near Potomac Yard on Sept. 1, and the 64-year-old suspect is being held without bond after police found him hiding under his mother’s bed.
Around 11:15 p.m., the suspect allegedly walked into the restaurant in the 3100 block of Richmond Highway holding a large hunting knife. Staff reported that he jumped on the front counter and demanded they open the register. Instead, the three employees threw things at the suspect and injured him with a large grill scraper, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
A man is under arrest after allegedly brandishing a knife and assaulting another man near the Alexandria courthouse in Old Town today (Monday).
The Alexandria Police Department was notified around 2:30 p.m. that a man in a camouflage T-shirt and khaki pants assaulted another man and was walking around the 500 block of King Street with an open knife. ALXnow observed APD tell the suspect that he was under arrest for a number of charges, including assault and battery.
