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Police: Recent threats made against Alexandria schools on social media are hoaxes

Published September 24, 2024 at 3:20PM

Alexandria City High School (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said threats making the rounds on social media this week against Alexandria City Public Schools have been investigated and found to be not credible.

A release from APD said there would be a shooting at a school, though no specific school was mentioned. APD said the threats were assessed in collaboration with the Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center (NVRIC), a Fusion Center of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and found to be not credible. Similar threats have been circulating around the state and the country.

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No arrest after man stabbed in Arlandria apartment

By James Cullum

Published September 24, 2024 at 2:30PM

A man was allegedly stabbed in the 500 block of Four Mile Road in Arlandria, Sept. 1, 2024 (via Google Maps)

A suspect remains at-large after an alleged stabbing in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood at the beginning of the month, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The man was stabbed on the afternoon of Sept. 1 (Sunday) in an apartment in the 500 block of Four Mile Road, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Mother of Braddock homicide victim says son shouldn’t have been moved without a stretcher

By James Cullum

Published September 23, 2024 at 1:15PM

A candlelight vigil for Kwakai Frazier in Alexandria's Braddock neighborhood, Sept. 21, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Kwakai Frazier’s mom says her son had no enemies and was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot and killed last Thursday night (Sept. 19) in Alexandria’s Braddock neighborhood. She also says that police carried her son from the crime scene to an ambulance, and fears that doing so could have led to his death.

In a vigil that lasted more than an hour, a large, silently respectful crowd laid flowers, candles and balloons in the courtyard where the 25-year-old Frazier was shot. Frazier and two others were shot, and Frazier later succumbed to his injuries.

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APD: Alexandria resident killed in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles

Published September 20, 2024 at 4:00PM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station, Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, one of the victims in a Braddock neighborhood shooting last night, has died.

The shooting occurred around 8:14 p.m. at 1221 Wythe Street on Thursday night. Police said Frazier and another adult victim, a 46-year-old city resident, were transported to a hospital. A third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment on the scene.

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Two victims reported, one in critical condition, in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles and James Cullum

Published September 19, 2024 at 10:25PM | Updated September 20, 2024 at 4:06PM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station (staff photo by James Cullum)

Update 9/20 — One of the victims, 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, has died. Police also said a third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment at the scene.

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is responding to a shooting in the Braddock neighborhood.

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Police Department says 1/3 of speed camera tickets in Alexandria have gone unpaid

By Vernon Miles

Published September 9, 2024 at 10:05AM

Speed cameras (via ACPS)

Alexandria’s speed camera program in school zones started one year ago, but so far a significant number of tickets issued since then have gone unpaid.

APD Communications Manager Tracy Walker told ALXnow that since the program started in September of 2023, there have been 47,020 tickets issued.

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Teenager allegedly breaks into two Alexandria schools and posts about it on Instagram

By James Cullum

Published August 29, 2024 at 10:30AM

A photo allegedly taken by a juvenile suspect inside Cora Kelly Elementary School at 2 a.m. on Aug. 3 and posted on Instagram (via Instagram)

A male juvenile in his early teens faces numerous charges after allegedly breaking into two Alexandria elementary schools and stealing equipment. The teenage suspect also posted pictures from inside one of the schools at 2 a.m. on Instagram, as well as a picture of a laptop computer belonging to the principal of Cora Kelly Elementary School.

The first incident occurred at Charles Barrett Elementary School (1115 Martha Custis Drive) on the afternoon of Friday, July 12. Security footage revealed a juvenile suspect enter the school main office at around 3:55 p.m. and pick up a portable speaker and take a photo of it, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Larcenies jump 23% in Alexandria so far this year

By James Cullum

Published August 21, 2024 at 1:45PM | Updated August 23, 2024 at 11:43AM

Alexandria Police lights (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria experienced a nearly 13% rise in Part 1 crime so far this year, with larcenies jumping 23%.

Part 1 crimes, or crimes against people, include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft. There have been 2,692 total Part I incidents so far this year, a 13.5% increase over the 2,371 total incidents reported until this point last year, according to the Alexandria Police Department Crime Dashboard.

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Virginia State Police seeking public assistance with suspicious death on I-395 in Alexandria

By Vernon Miles

Published August 19, 2024 at 11:10AM

I-395 and Seminary Road (image via Google Maps)

Virginia State Police are seeing public assistance in the investigation of a Reston man found in a car on the shoulder of I-395 near the Seminary Road intersection.

In a release, police said the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Fairfax Field Office is investigating the incident as a suspicious death:

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JUST IN: Dead body found near location where man drowned at Four Mile Run Park

By James Cullum

Published August 18, 2024 at 9:51AM

A man's body was found on the morning of Aug. 18, 2024, in Four Mile Run Park (staff photo by James Cullum)

An APD officer called for assistance shortly after 7 a.m., and the Alexandria Fire Department responded to a cardiac arrest call for service, according to radio dispatches.

The man’s body was located near a children’s playground, and was found just feet away from where a man accidentally drowned in April.

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More details released on Alexandria Lyft driver arrested for aggravated sexual battery

By James Cullum

Published August 16, 2024 at 10:55AM | Updated August 16, 2024 at 2:14PM

Police car lights (file photo)

More details have been released regarding an alleged sexual battery last month that put a Lyft driver behind bars without bond.

The victim told police that she was drunk when Lyft driver Ahmad Reshad Nasseri picked her up in his red Toyota Highlander outside a D.C. restaurant on Friday, July 19, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.