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

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.

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PHOTOS: The George Washington Birthday Parade in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published February 20, 2024 at 10:45AM

A boy marches alongside the 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line at the George Washington Birthday Parade in Old Town, Feb. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s annual George Washington Birthday Parade brought the usual pomp and circumstance befitting the country’s first president.

This year’s parade marshals were the recipients of the prestigious Living Legends of Alexandria award. The theme of this year’s parade was “George Washington: Alexandria’s Living Legend.”

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Four workers injured in electrical incident at construction site in Alexandria’s West End

By James Cullum

Published February 20, 2024 at 9:30AM

Three people were electrocuted at a construction site at 6336 Stevenson Avenue on Feb. 19, 2024 (via Google Maps)

Four people are in stable condition after being injured in an electrical incident at a construction site in the West End on Monday, according to the Alexandria Police Department (APD).

APD said that at around 11 a.m. they responded to 6336 Stevenson Avenue for a “reported industrial incident involving four males who were working at the construction site.”

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New Alexandria Interim Chief of Police sworn in

By Vernon Miles

Published February 12, 2024 at 9:40AM | Updated February 12, 2024 at 10:03AM

APD’s Assistant Chief Raul Pedroso swearing in as Interim Chief of Police (image via APD/Twitter)

There’s a new leader at the top of the Alexandria Police Department (APD).

On Friday, Feb. 9, Assistant Chief Raul Pedroso was sworn into office.

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Man out on bond after allegedly brandishing handgun and assaulting neighbor in Braddock area

By James Cullum

Published February 6, 2024 at 3:50PM

A 33-year-old Alexandria man was arrested for allegedly brandishing a firearm and assaulting his neighbor in the 1200 block of Wythe Street in the Braddock neighborhood (via Google Maps)

An Alexandria man is out on bond after allegedly assaulting a male neighbor and brandishing a handgun in the Braddock neighborhood of Alexandria.

The incident allegedly occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22 outside the suspect’s home in the 1200 block of Wythe Street. Perry Ellis Barmore, 33, was arrested after allegedly punching the victim in the face during a dispute and brandishing a handgun.