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Sex offender held without bond after alleged sodomy/abduction in Old Town

Published March 12, 2024 at 2:30PM

Police car lights (file photo)

A 50-year-old sex offender is being held without bond after allegedly abducting a woman in Old Town and sodomizing her, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

The victim told police from Inova Alexandria Hospital on Feb. 1 that she met the suspect on the evening of Jan. 29 while riding on the King Street Trolley. The victim told police that he told her about his prior military service and that they talked for several minutes before they decided to get coffee at Bob & Edith’s Diner (1743 King Street).

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No bond for suspect after allegedly breaking clerk’s nose at West End 7-Eleven

By James Cullum

Published March 12, 2024 at 1:30PM

The 7-Eleven at 6120 Lincolnia Road (via Google Maps)

A 30-year-old man is being held without bond for allegedly stealing juice drinks and assaulting an employee from a West End 7-Eleven.

On Feb. 7, the employee at the store at 6120 Lincolnia Road called 911 to report the incident, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The victim told police that the suspect walked into the store, took three-to-four juice bottles and then walked out without paying and sat across the street at a bus stop.

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Alexandria Police cite driver for speeding at 112 miles per hour on I-495

By Vernon Miles

Published March 8, 2024 at 1:40PM

Citation for 112 in a 55 mph zone (photo via Alexandria Police Department/Twitter)

The Alexandria Police Department urged drivers to slow down after saying a driver was issued a ticket earlier this week for going 112 miles per hour in a 55 mph speed zone.

Police said an Alexandria Police Department officer was on his way to work on Wednesday when he issued a citation for the driver going over twice the legal limit at Van Dorn Street and I-495.

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Rep. Beyer secures federal funding for four projects in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published March 7, 2024 at 3:30PM

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Old Town, March 2, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria is getting $3.5 million in federal funds to pay for public safety, transit, affordable housing and flooding infrastructure projects, Northern Virginia Congressman Don Beyer (D-8th) announced today.

“Even in the minority amid a divided and chaotic Congress, I am laser focused on helping my constituents and benefitting Northern Virginia,” Beyer said in a statement.

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UPDATED: Man arrested after pepper-spraying incident at Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility in the West End

By James Cullum

Published March 5, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated March 5, 2024 at 4:21PM

The Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility at 5301 Eisenhower Avenue. (staff photo by James Cullum)

(Updated at 4:15 p.m.) A man was arrested this morning after a fight at the Covanta Waste-to-Energy Facility that resulted in a handgun allegedly brandished and man getting pepper-sprayed.

The incident occurred at around 8:15 a.m., according to Alexandria Police Department dispatches. An employee of the facility at 53001 Eisenhower Avenue reported to APD that trash truck drivers were arguing with each other, and that one sprayed the victim with pepper spray and that another suspect brandished a handgun.

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D.C. teen arrested for murder of former interpreter who fled Taliban to Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published March 4, 2024 at 1:30PM

Nasrat Ahmad Yar (image via Facebook)

A 15-year-old Northeast D.C. boy was arrested Friday and charged with felony murder while armed in last year’s shooting death of Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a former interpreter with U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, who fled the Taliban in 2021 with his wife and four children and moved to Alexandria.

Yar was working as a Lyft Driver in D.C. on July 3, 2023, when he was shot and killed just at around midnight in the 400 block of 11th Street NE. Video footage near the scene showed four young people running through an alley after the shooting. One of them said, “You killed him,” and another responded, “He was reaching bro.”

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Alexandria Police confiscate handgun from student at Lyles-Crouch School

By Vernon Miles

Published March 1, 2024 at 4:00PM

Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy at 530 S. St. Asaph Street in Old Town. (via Facebook)

The Alexandria Police Department said in a release that a handgun was confiscated from a student at Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy (530 S St Asaph Street) today.

According to the release:

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Alexandria Police arrest D.C. man for carjacking down the street from police headquarters

By Vernon Miles

Published March 1, 2024 at 1:00PM

Alexandria Police at night (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) arrested Robert Walker, a 34-year-old D.C. resident, for a carjacking just a few blocks away from APD headquarters and striking a police vehicle.

Police said in a release that Walker was arrested after allegedly carjacking a woman on the 4400 block of Wheeler Avenue at 8:39 p.m. on Wednesday.

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JUST IN: Police investigating death of Fairfax man in Alexandria jail

By Vernon Miles

Published February 26, 2024 at 9:55AM

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

The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office and Alexandria Police Department are investigating an in-custody death at the jail.

Ahntais Lucas, 39, from Fairfax County, was found unresponsive and alone in his cell experiencing a medical emergency. The release said the jail’s medical staff tried to treat Lucas but he was pronounced deceased at 4:42 a.m.

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Alexandria middle schoolers outpace high schoolers in student arrests

By James Cullum

Published February 21, 2024 at 1:45PM

George Washington Middle School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Twenty three Alexandria middle schoolers and eight Alexandria City High School students were arrested in the first two quarters of this school year, according to a report that the School Board will receive Thursday.

There were also 213 incidents requiring a police response, including five weapons-related incidents, 43 students needing EMS assistance, 56 fights/assaults and three reports of sexual assault.

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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.