Archive for 'Crime'

Shooting death ruled a homicide

Shooting death ruled a homicide

The death of a man shot after a confrontation with an off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy early Wednesday morning has been declared a homicide by police. Police responded to 100 block of Lynhaven Drive after hearing [...]

UPDATED: Victim in overnight shooting identified

UPDATED: Victim in overnight shooting identified

City police have launched an investigation into an early morning fatal shooting involving an Arlington County sheriff’s deputy on the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive on Wednesday. Reports of a gunshot in the neighborhood adjacent to [...]

Suzi Laboy speaks out after grand jury indicts man accused of shooting her husband

Suzi Laboy speaks out after grand jury indicts man accused of shooting her husband

By Melissa Quinn As police officer Peter Laboy continues along the long road to recovery, the man accused of leaving him gravely injured was indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury Monday. Kashif Bashir, 27, [...]

Indictments handed down against Bashir, Johnson

Indictments handed down against Bashir, Johnson

By Melissa Quinn A circuit court grand jury handed down indictments today against Kashif Bashir, the man who allegedly shot police officer Peter Laboy in February, and Marie M. Johnson, who investigators accuse of murdering Elmer [...]

UPDATED: Police find grievously injured men on Four Mile Road

UPDATED: Police find grievously injured men on Four Mile Road

Alexandria police officers found two Hispanic men suffering from life threatening injuries in a vehicle along the 500 block of Four Mile Road yesterday evening. Few other details surrounding the incident have been released, but officials [...]

Marathon tragedy: Local survivor hopes to thank man who aided her

Marathon tragedy: Local survivor hopes to thank man who aided her

By Derrick Perkins His name is Steve and he lives in Boston’s North End. He caught Monday’s Red Sox game. And he helped reunite a scared, dazed and distraught Leslie Malm with her family after the [...]

Laboy case headed to grand jury

Laboy case headed to grand jury

By Melissa Quinn The case against Kashif Bashir — the man authorities believe shot police officer Peter Laboy — was sent to a grand jury Wednesday. Alexandria General District Court Judge Becky Moore heard testimony from [...]

Adding parking enforcement officers could net big bucks for city

Adding parking enforcement officers could net big bucks for city

By Melissa Quinn Increasing parking enforcement’s ranks by two officers likely will net hundreds of thousands of dollars in ticket fines for city coffers next year. The positions, created to “increase enforcement of parking infractions,” according [...]

Alexandria police: Serious crime dropped in 2012

Alexandria police: Serious crime dropped in 2012

By Derrick Perkins As expected, local law enforcement officials announced a significant drop in most serious crimes last year, the lowest on record since 1966. Instances of murder, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft [...]

Local group prods police officials on Taft Sellers’ death

Local group prods police officials on Taft Sellers’ death

By Derrick Perkins Former Washington police detective Nicholas Beltrante believes local authorities made a mistake rejecting his calls to bring in outsiders to review the shooting death of Taft Sellers. Beltrante is executive director of the [...]