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Body Found in Well may be Alexandria Community Activist

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Prince George's County Police and investigators from Alexandria responded to a report of a body found in a 20-foot well in the backyard of a home in Fort Washington, Md.

Drive-by Jihadi from Alexandria pleads Guilty

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

An Alexandria man admitted in federal court Thursday that he fired live rounds into the Pentagon and three other government buildings and planned to desecrate graves at Arlington National Cemetery in support of Islamic militants overseas. Yonathan Melaku pleaded guilty to damaging government property

Fishermen Find Dead Body in Potomac

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Fairfax County Police say that fishermen found the body of Hispanic male floating in the Potomac River on Monday morning Jan. 2, but that no foul play suspected.

Robber Hits Bank on West End

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Alexandria Police say that a man in a red and black ski cap robbed a Virginia Commerce Bank in the 5100 Block of Duke Street in Alexandria on Dec. 22. Nobody was injured.

Realtor Charged in $7M Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

A federal grand jury has charged Nadin Samnang, 29, of Ashburn, with conspiracy and mortgage fraud charges related to his role in alleged fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving at least 25 homes in northern Virginia and more than $7 million in losses to lenders. According to the 12-count indictment

Drug, alcohol offenses double in Alexandria schools

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

The number of drug, alcohol and tobacco incidents in Alexandria City Public Schools has doubled in just two years, according to an article this week in the Washington Examiner:

Alexandria Military Cop Robbed after Luring Victims to Buy iPhones

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

Deshawn Derr, 25, an Air Force sergeant from Alexandria who served as a military policeman at Andrews Air Force Base, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a victim at gunpoint of $2,500 in cash, after the man arrived at a pre-arranged location responding to an advertisement placed on Craigslist.org purporting to sell Apple iPhones.

Alexandria Newspaper CEO Peter Labovitz Begins Six-Month Prison Term at Otisville

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

Longtime Alexandria newspaper publisher Peter Labovitz officially turned himself into the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin a six-month jail term for tax fraud last weekend, leaving his $6 million mansion in Old Town for the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, NY. The 70-year old CEO

Old Town Bank Robbed

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EDT

A masked man walked into the BB&T Bank in Old Town on Saturday morning, implied that he had a gun and walked out with cash, Alexandria police report. The robbery occurred at about 10:50 a.m. at the BB&T branch at 300 S. Washington St.

Robbers Strike Three Banks in Alexandria

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Tis the season for...bank robbers. The Fairfax County Police report that there were two attempted robberies and one confirmed robbery in Alexandria that took place between 12:20 p.m. and 12:44 p.m. on Saturday.