(Updated 2 p.m.) The Alexandria Police Department is responding to another bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank at 3506 Mount Vernon Avenue.
The same bank was hit with a robbery in March.
According to the scanner, the man walked into the bank and passed a note to a clerk. Alexandria Police spokesman Marcel Bassett said an unknown amount was handed over to the suspect. Police said on Twitter that no injuries were reported in connection with the incident.
Bassett said around 2 p.m. that police had taken a person of interest into custody but are awaiting positive ID before any formal charges are made.
Notification:: In response to a commercial robbery, there is a moderate police presence in the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue. No injuries were reported in connection with this incident. APD is on scene and investigating. pic.twitter.com/K5Hnuxb3sN
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) May 12, 2023
James Cullum contributed to this story
An Alexandria man was robbed at gunpoint after hanging out with a woman he met on Instagram, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
The incident occurred after 11 p.m. on April 11 (Tuesday) in an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Russell Road. The victim told police that he was robbed after meeting up with a woman that evening at St. Rita’s Catholic Church (3815 Russell Road).
The victim agreed to meet the woman at St. Rita’s at 9:30 p.m. and that she arrived at 10:20 p.m. — nearly an hour late. The victim told police that they decided to hang out in the hallway of an apartment building in the 3800 block of Russell Road, but were asked to leave by residents and that they then walked to a neighboring apartment building, according to the search warrant affidavit.
While walking to that second building, an unknown man walked up to the group and began talking with the woman, and then took out a gun, loaded it and allegedly pointed it at the victim, according to the search warrant affidavit.
“The female then demanded him to give her his money, so he removed $320 U.S. currency from his front jeans pocket and handed it to the unknown (male suspect),” according to the search warrant affidavit. “
The victim told police that he met the woman on Instagram two months ago and did not know her real name. The victim provided police with an Instagram account and verified that the woman in the profile picture was the female suspect, according to the search warrant affidavit.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information on this incident can call the Alexandria Police Department non-emergency line at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
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D.C. resident Shamell Joyner, 35, has been charged with a series of armed robberies, including one in Alexandria last month in which a clerk was shot, Patch first reported.
In April, a clerk at the 7-Eleven at 3023 Duke Street was reportedly shot in the leg after a bullet fired at the floor ricocheted. The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said the injuries were serious but non-life threatening.
Joyner has been charged with a series of armed robberies at convenience stores and gas stations across D.C., Alexandria and Hanover, Maryland between April 12 and May 2.
According to the release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C.:
As alleged in the complaint, Joyner brandished a firearm during all of the robberies. He discharged a firearm during the April 12 armed robbery of a Northwest Washington gas station and the April 17 armed robbery of an Alexandria, Virginia convenience store. A store employee working at the time of the Alexandria robbery sustained a non–life threatening gunshot wound to his leg.
The release said Joyner’s alleged spree came to an end after he stole a Maryland gas station employee’s vehicle on May 2. The release said D.C. police found Joyner in the vehicle’s driver’s seat later that day and Joyner was still in possession of the gun used in several robberies, as well as similar clothing and other evidence.
Joyner is charged with six counts of Interference with Interstate Commerce by Robbery — aka Hobbs Act robbery — which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. Joyner also faces a litany of other charges, from using a firearm during a crime — which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison — to armed carjacking — which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of 40 years.
The Alexandria Police Department is responding to a bank robbery at the Burke & Herbert Bank (100 S Fairfax Street) in Old Town.
Scanner traffic indicates a woman entered the bank with a puffy jacket and a mask covering her face and handed a note to a clerk just before 10 a.m.
Alexandria Police spokesman Marcel Bassett said no arrest has been made yet and the robber left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
As of 11:15 a.m., the bank was reopened.
Notification:: In response to a commercial robbery, there is a moderate police presence in the 100 block of South Fairfax Street. No injuries were reported. APD is on scene and investigating. pic.twitter.com/agNBoLZnfL
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) April 20, 2023
Vernon Miles and James Cullum contributed to this story
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A clerk at the 7-Eleven convenience store at 3023 Duke Street was shot in the leg in a robbery early this morning.
At around 2 a.m., a man dressed in black wearing a black mask went into the store, displayed a handgun and walked behind the counter, according to staff. The suspect reportedly shot into the floor behind the counter and the bullet ricocheted and hit the clerk in the leg.
The clerk was “seriously injured with non-life threatening injuries,” APD tweeted.
Police were dispatched to the scene after a report of the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.
The store is located across the street from Bishop Ireton High School and a block away from the Alexandria Commons Shopping Center.
No arrests have been made in connection to this incident. Anyone with information can call the police department’s non-emergency line at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
Notification:: In response to a commercial robbery/shooting there is a moderate police presence in and around the 3000 block of Duke Street. One person was seriously injured with non-life-threatening injuries. APD is on the scene and investigating. pic.twitter.com/3PWZFEvuqt
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) April 17, 2023
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No one was injured after robbers fired a gun and stole a cash register inside the 7-Eleven at 800 Franklin Street in Old Town, according to the Alexandria Police Department.
The incident occurred just after midnight today (April 12). Police were dispatched to the store for a report of the theft and a single gunshot inside the store. The suspects reportedly fled the area in a black SUV.
Anyone with information on the robbery can call the APD non-emergency number at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
Notification:: In response to a shots fired incident/commercial robbery, there is a heavy police presence in and around the 800 block of Franklin Street. No injuries were reported in connection with this incident. APD is on the scene and investigating. pic.twitter.com/y4QQchu0EO
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) April 12, 2023
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An Alexandria man has been released on his own recognizance after allegedly robbing a man at knifepoint and ordering him to send him $100 via Cash App.
The incident occurred at around 10 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2022, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
The male victim was leaving his friend’s home and was walking to his car in the parking lot when “an unknown male came up behind him, grabbed his neck with one hand and pointed a knife at his stomach with the other hand,” police said in a search warrant affidavit.
The affidavit continued, “The male told him (the victim) to… transfer money from his savings to his checking fist. The male let (the victim) transfer the money to his checking account and then gave the (suspect) his phone. The (suspect) entered his Cash App name and sent $100.”
A search warrant for Cash App returned with the name of Darius Palmer, 28, who lives in the same West End apartment complex where the incident occurred. He was eventually arrested for robbery on Feb. 27, and was released on a $2,500 unsecured bond on March 16. He goes to court on April 10.
Palmer was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon on August 14, 2022. That case was deferred, but is now reopened and Palmer goes to court for the offense on July 14.
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No one was injured after the Bank of America at 415 John Carlyle Street was robbed late Monday morning.
Alexandria Police were dispatched to the bank at around 11:15 after a man wearing a black puffy jacket and a blue surgical face mask reportedly handed the teller a note demanding cash. The suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
No suspect description was provided, and police said to expect activity in the area. No one was reportedly injured in the incident.
Anyone with information on this incident can call the Alexandria Police Department non-emergency number at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
A delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint in Alexandria’s West End on Friday night.
The incident occurred in a residential area at around 10:50 p.m., and the male driver was not injured, according to police.
APD was dispatched to the scene after the victim reported that two male suspects wearing dark clothing and face masks robbed him of food and cash. The driver was not injured in the incident, and no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information on this incident can call the APD non-emergency number at 703-746-4444. Callers can remain anonymous.
Notification:: In response to a robbery from a person there is a moderate police presence in and around the 4200 block of Duke Street. No injuries were reported in connection with this incident. APD is on scene and investigating. pic.twitter.com/EBEfiYhCba
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) April 1, 2023
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(Updated 2:15 p.m.) The Alexandria Police Department is responding to reports of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo on the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue in the Arlandria neighborhood.
Scanner traffic indicated the call for the robbery came in around 11:54 a.m. There were no injuries and no weapons reported in connection to the robbery.
Alexandria Police spokesman Marcel Bassett said a suspect left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash and there is currently no suspect in custody.
According to a release:
In response to a bank robbery, there is a heavy police presence in the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue. No injuries or weapons were reported in connection to this incident. APD is on scene and investigating.
As of 12:40 p.m., traffic on Mount Vernon Avenue was shut down at the Glebe Road intersection.
James Cullum and Vernon Miles contributed to this story
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