Crime
UPDATED: Terrorist suspect to remain in custody
Updated 2:43 p.m. Wednesday A federal judge ordered suspected terrorist Amine El Khalifi, 29, held in custody Wednesday as he awaits trail for allegedly planning to detonate a suicide bomb at the U.S. Capitol Building Friday. [...]
Police: burglar assaulted 16-year-old girl
Authorities are on the lookout for a man they say forced his way into a 1100 block Archer Court residence and assaulted a 16-year-old girl Monday night. The teenager was investigating a loud noise at the [...]
Police hunt for armed robber
The man wanted for holding up a 2900 block Duke St. Jiffy Lube at gunpoint earlier this month remains at large, city police say. Authorities describe the suspect as a black man about 5-foot-10 with a [...]
Alleged embezzler indicted by grand jury
On Monday, a grand jury indicted Jeffrey Power for allegedly embezzling taxpayer dollars while working in City Hall’s human resources department. Authorities allege Power padded his paycheck with fraudulent overtime claims for possibly as long as [...]
Vandals break shop window
Alexandria police say vandals used a parking sign pole to smash the window of an 800 block King St. business overnight February 6. One or more individuals forced the sign pole through the window, damaging it, [...]
Accused murderer heads to trial
A grand jury indicted Fabian Johnson, 19, of Washington earlier this week in connection with the murder of a city resident in October. Johnson is accused of shooting Bob Cory McNeely, 40, to death on the [...]
Slain pedestrian prompts safety concerns
As the alleged drunk driver who struck and killed an 8-year-old boy in January awaits trial, city officials hope pedestrian education efforts will prevent a future tragedy. An expressionless Victor Aldana, 22, of Fairfax County, made [...]
Judge forces former school bus monitor to pay damages for assaulting child
Judge James C. Clark ordered a former Alexandria City Public Schools bus monitor to pay $35,000 in damages to a student she assaulted multiple times in October of 2009. Shawnee Keels of Oxon Hill, Md., struck [...]
Third man charged with community activist’s death
Prince George’s County police charged a third man with the murder of local activist Lenny Harris on the day friends and family gathered to remember the outspoken community advocate. Tyrone Lewis, 26, was in the custody [...]
Second arrest made in Harris murder
Prince George’s County police took custody of a second man wanted for the murder of local activist Lenny Harris Thursday afternoon and officials say more arrests are coming. Authorities charged Ivan Newman, 20, of Waldorf, Md., [...]




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