Tag: APD
Your Views: Remembering Chief Samarra
To the editor:
As someone who knew former Alexandria Police Chief Charles Samarra, who died last week at age 74 following complications from surgery, I...
My View | Mark Jinks: Key facts about Seminary Road
Recent discussions and columns about improvements to safety and mobility on Seminary Road have lost sight of a key fact: The road was designed...
City employee charged with embezzlement
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Arrian Mercer, a former traffic technician who worked for the city, was arrested and charged with felony embezzlement of traffic...
Internationally renowned artist killed in Duke Street crash
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Alfredo Da Silva, 89, a Bolivian born artist and photographer who achieved international recognition, was struck and killed by a...
Your Views: United by our humanity
To the editor:
A few weeks ago, a friend I knew for many years died. He was a character, and looked a little like a...
Confederate statue damaged by car crash
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The city’s controversial Appomattax statue, which sits at the intersection of South Washington and Prince streets was struck by a...
City prepares for e-scooter pilot vote
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City council is set to vote on the future of the e-scooter pilot program on Saturday.
The vote is the culmination...
Pedestrian killed in Duke Street crash
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Police Department is currently investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Saturday and left a pedestrian dead, according...
Police investigate North Van Dorn Street crash
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Police Department investigated a head-on crash last Saturday in the 2000 block of North Van Dorn Street that...
Former Alexandria nurse convicted of rape and firearms offenses
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Jesse Bjerke, a 38-year-old man from Arlington and a former Alexandria INOVA Hospital nurse, was convicted of rape, sexual penetration,...
