Archive for 'Crime'

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 [...]

City officials clear Redflex of any wrongdoing in Alexandria

City officials clear Redflex of any wrongdoing in Alexandria

By Derrick Perkins City officials are reviewing their relationship with embattled red-light camera operator Redflex Traffic Systems but maintain the company did not engage in bribery in Alexandria. Australian-based Redflex, which runs Alexandria’s red-light cameras, is [...]

Drunk driving operation nets eight arrests

Drunk driving operation nets eight arrests

By Melissa Quinn The Alexandria Police Department stopped 81 vehicles and made eight arrests after conducting a roaming driving while intoxicated effort on St. Patrick’s Day. The campaign, which occurred from 8 p.m. March 17 to [...]

Alexandria police to crack down on DWI offenders

Alexandria police to crack down on DWI offenders

By Melissa Quinn Alexandria motorists have been given fair warning not drink and drive on St. Patrick’s Day – authorities announced Friday they will kick off a roaming driving while intoxicated enforcement effort Sunday night. The [...]

Former Bishop Ireton employee arrested for selling school property

Former Bishop Ireton employee arrested for selling school property

By Melissa Quinn A former Bishop Ireton employee was arrested last week and charged with misusing school property on multiple occasions. Anthony “Tony” Cortese, who worked as the school’s chief engineer, had been under investigation by [...]