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‘I Can’t Breathe’: Alexandria Police investigating display in police cruiser seemingly mocking police brutality victims

By Vernon Miles
Alexandria Accountability footage of police vehicle with displayed pig wearing an 'I Can't Breathe' shirt (image via ALX Accountability/YouTube)

(Updated 4:20 p.m.) A video posted this weekend by citizen journalism page Alexandria Accountability shows an Alexandria Police Department vehicle with a display in the passenger seat that seems to mock police brutality victims George Floyd and Eric Garner.

The Alexandria Accountability footage shows a propped-up figure with a cartoon pig head, a black domino mask, and a shirt with the words “I Can’t Breathe” — the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man killed by a New York City Police Officer in 2014, and were said later by George Floyd in 2020 when he was murdered by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Police: Driver seriously injures pedestrian in Duke Street crash

By Vernon Miles
Intersection of Duke and Paxton Streets (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said a woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a driver on Duke Street yesterday.

APD said around 9:46 a.m. on Sunday morning, officers responded to a collision involving a pedestrian at the Duke and Paxton Streets intersection.

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Community champions honored as Alexandria Living Legends

By James Cullum
Former City Council Member Del Pepper, between John Porter and Mary Wadland, was named a Living Legend of Alexandria, Oct. 18, 2023 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Community champions were honored as Living Legends of Alexandria on Wednesday night.

The prestigious annual honor was given to a dozen well-known former lawmakers, city employees, activists and business owners.

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Additional police sent to Alexandria City High School after reports of brawl in cafeteria

By Vernon Miles
The Alexandria City High School marquee (staff photo by James Cullum)

Police were sent to Alexandria City High School (ACHS) to respond to a possible brawl in the cafeteria.

Additional Alexandria Police Department (APD) units were requested at ACHS for a large fight in the cafeteria, according to scanner traffic.

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Alexandria man busted for allegedly impersonating police with ‘Geek Squad’ badge

By James Cullum
A man was arrested for brandishing a firearm and impersonating an officer after a Sept. 8 brandishing incident (via Google Maps)

A 31-year-old Alexandria man is out on bond after being charged with allegedly brandishing a firearm and impersonating a police officer in the parking garage of his West End apartment complex. A search of the suspect’s vehicle yielded a firearm, stun gun, handcuffs, zip ties and a Geek Squad badge.

The incident occurred at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 8, in the 2800 block of Park Center Drive. Two tow truck employees were in the parking garage, when they saw a white BMW drive out of the garage and made eye contact with the driver, police said in a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Alexandria Police investigate multiple assaults over the weekend

By Vernon Miles
Alexandria Police at night (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria police investigated multiple felony assault calls over the weekend.

Monday morning, around 4 a.m., police responded to a domestic dispute at 200 block of Bluestone Road. According to the scanner, a woman told police her boyfriend had attacked her.

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Teen charged in Holmes Run Parkway robbery and shooting

By Vernon Miles
Police at shooting scene near 5563 Holmes Run Parkway (staff photo by James Cullum)

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by the Alexandria Police Department on charges related to an armed robbery and shooting in September that left one victim hospitalized.

On Sept. 22, a male victim, age 21, was seriously injured in an armed robbery on the 5500 block of Holmes Run Parkway. The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said the victim was left in serious but stable condition after being shot in the robbery — scanner traffic at the time indicated the man was shot in the shoulder and the back of the neck.

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Convicted felon arrested in Del Ray for alleged weapon, drug possession and wearing a mask

By James Cullum
An Alexandria man was arrested in the 3200 block of Commonwealth Avenue for drug and weapon possession, wearing a mask in public and eluding police on Sept. 26, 2023 (via Google Maps)

The days of being required to wear masks in public are definitely over. An Alexandria man is being held without bond for allegedly selling Schedule I/II drugs, wearing a mask in public and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

The Alexandria Police Department arrested the 25-year-old suspect after responding to a drug complaint outside an apartment building in the 3200 block of Commonwealth Avenue in the city’s Del Ray neighborhood, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

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Man reported being stabbed in Arlandria early Friday morning

By James Cullum
A man was stabbed in the 3900 block of Old Dominion Boulevard in Arlandria early Friday morning, Oct. 6, 2023 (staff photo by James Cullum)

(Updated 12:17 p.m.) A man reported that he was stabbed in the leg in Arlandria early this morning, but reportedly refused medical attention after calling 911, according to the police scanner.

The victim called 911 at around 1:45 a.m. and told a dispatcher that he was stabbed in the leg in the 3900 block of Old Dominion Boulevard, near the intersection with Four Mile Road.

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UPDATED: Juvenile pedestrian struck and hospitalized in Braddock hit-and-run

By Vernon Miles
N Patrick Street and Montgomery Street (image via Google Maps)

(Updated 7 p.m.) The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating a hit-and-run in the Braddock neighborhood that left a 15-year-old male pedestrian in the hospital.

APD Communications Manager Tracy Walker said one pedestrian, a juvenile, was injured and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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