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In dramatic reversal, City Council brings back school resource officers to Alexandria City Public Schools

Published October 13, 2021 at 11:10AM | Updated October 13, 2021 at 6:07PM

ACPS Superintendent Gregory Hutchings Jr. (on right) speaks to City Council on bringing back school resource officers alongside School Board Chair Meagan Alderton and acting Police Chief Don Hayes, on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (staff photo by James Cullum)

After significant outcry from a school system concerned about weapons in schools, the Alexandria City Council took a dramatic 4-3 vote around 1 a.m. this morning (Wednesday) to temporarily return school resource officers (SROs) to two middle schools and Alexandria City High School until the end of this school year.

Councilman John Taylor Chapman was the lone vote to reverse course, going against Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker and Councilmen Canek Aguirre and Mo Seifeldein, who voted to keep away SROs.

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Arrest made a day after man shot multiple times in Arlandria

By James Cullum

Published October 12, 2021 at 9:55AM | Updated October 12, 2021 at 2:36PM

Alexandria Police at night (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria Police have arrested a 38-year-old Fairfax County man for allegedly shooting an adult male multiple times in the lower body in an apartment building in the 3800 block of Cameron Mills Road in Arlandria.

“The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle before officers arrived,” police said in a release. “The victim was taken to the hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening.”

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Police investigating stabbing in Landmark neighborhood

By Vernon Miles

Published October 12, 2021 at 12:30AM

The 100 block of South Whiting Street, via Google Maps

Police are searching the Landmark area near the 100 block of S. Whiting Street after a stabbing occurred in the area tonight.

On social media, police said the stabbing occurred around 10:45 p.m. and the adult male victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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Juvenile shot in Arlandria Sunday afternoon

By James Cullum

Published October 11, 2021 at 10:45AM | Updated October 11, 2021 at 5:09PM

Alexandria police (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Updated at 5 p.m. Alexandria Police have made no arrests after a male juvenile was shot in Arlandria early Sunday afternoon.

The incident occurred before noon, and the juvenile was shot at the Park Vue of Alexandria apartments in the 500 block of Four Mile Road, which is near Casa Chirilagua and Four Mile Run Park. The victim’s injuries are non-life threatening.

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Police: Suspect arrested after brandishing a gun during West End road rage incident

By Vernon Miles

Published October 7, 2021 at 3:40PM

Police arrested a suspect after a road rage incident near William Ramsay Elementary School (photo via Google Maps)

A suspect has been arrested after a report that they brandished a firearm at another driver during a case of severe road rage.

According to the police report, the incident occurred at the intersection of Sanger Avenue and Derby Court at 2 p.m. today (Thursday).

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Updated: Alexandria City High School no longer on lockdown after student arrested with gun outside school

By James Cullum

Published October 6, 2021 at 11:05AM | Updated October 6, 2021 at 2:10PM

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

(Updated at 2:15 p.m.) Alexandria City High School is back to normal operating status after a lockdown Tuesday morning when a student was arrested outside the school with a handgun.

The school released the following note at around 12:30 p.m.:

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Former doctor’s office aide accused of computer trespassing after getting fired in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published October 6, 2021 at 10:00AM | Updated October 6, 2021 at 10:17AM

Alexandria Police at night (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria Police are investigating a former employee at a doctor’s office in the West End, who is suspected of computer trespassing after allegedly changing his computer passwords after getting fired.

The former employee, who was an aide at the office, was fired on September 17 for “failing to adequately perform her job,” and was escorted out by Alexandria Police after becoming “irate” and “disorderly,” police reported in a search warrant.

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Convicted felon arrested for gun possession after claiming to be shot in head in West End

By James Cullum

Published October 5, 2021 at 2:15PM | Updated October 5, 2021 at 4:09PM

A 23-year-old Fairfax County man wounded after a shooting in a West End apartment complex is being held without bond in the Alexandria jail for being a violent felon in possession of a firearm.

Antwain Lee Williams was arrested on Tuesday, September 21, after being driven to Inova Alexandria Hospital by a neighbor. He was alert with police and claimed that he was shot in the head.

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Driver knocks over light pole on Mount Vernon Avenue

By James Cullum

Published October 4, 2021 at 10:45AM

A light pole was knocked down in the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria on Monday, October 4, 2021. (staff photo by James Cullum)

A man driving a Nissan Sentra with D.C. plates crashed into a light pole on Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria early Monday morning (October 4).

The incident occurred after 1 a.m. just outside of Casa Chirilagua at 4901 Mount Vernon Avenue. The crash smashed the Sentra’s windshield and caused its front and side airbags to deploy.

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JUST IN: Principal at Alexandria City High School addresses in-school violence and re-socialization pressure

By James Cullum

Published October 1, 2021 at 4:25PM | Updated October 1, 2021 at 5:06PM

Alexandria City High School Executive Principal Peter Balas says that violence within the school is being handled and students caught fighting are being dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

In a letter to the Alexandria City High School community on Friday (October 1), Balas said that many of his 4,370 students have been traumatized by the pandemic and social/political upheavals over the last couple of years. He also said that a recent shooting of a student at the McDonald’s at the Bradlee Shopping Center and the firecracker incident at a recent ACHS football game has added to a “heightened sensitivity” within the school.

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BREAKING: A bunch of student fights were recorded at George Washington Middle School and put on Instagram

By James Cullum

Published October 1, 2021 at 1:00PM | Updated October 2, 2021 at 11:34AM

Update on 10/2/21 — The videos of the fights at the school have been removed from Instagram, and have since been removed from the story.

A number of recent student fights at George Washington Middle School have been posted on Instagram.