Tag: homicide
Police investigate second homicide of 2019
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a homicide that took place the night of Oct. 9, according to a news...
Serious crimes decrease for fifth consecutive year
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Serious crime in Alexandria decreased 1.7 percent in 2018, marking the fifth year in a row that offenses have gone...
Defendant pleads guilty in murder of grandfather
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Alexandria resident Dallas Jermaine Smith, the suspect in a July 2018 homicide, pleaded guilty to murder on Feb. 7, according...
Police investigate homicide, suspect charged
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Alexandria Police Department officers were dispatched for a death at a residence on South Van Dorn Street at 11:55 p.m....
Updated: Suspect charged in fatal shooting
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
A 20-year-old Alexandria woman was killed in a shooting Friday morning, according to the Alexandria Police Department. This is the...
Alexandria man charged in murder of elderly city resident
A 31-year-old Alexandria resident has been charged in the murder of his grandfather, Jerry Scott.
Dallas Smith, 31, of no fixed address, was indicted by...
Updated: Death of elderly resident ruled a homicide
The Alexandria Police Department ruled Tuesday that a suspicious death involving an elderly Alexandria resident was a homicide.
Officers found a deceased adult male at...
Data: Serious crimes decrease year-over-year in Alexandria
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Serious crime in Alexandria decreased by 13 percent in 2017, the Alexandria Police Department announced in a news release Thursday...
Justice Matters with Bryan Porter: The elements of a murder indictment
By Bryan Porter
Anyone who has ever watched a police procedural will recognize this scene: a hardscrabble homicide detective with a harsh Bronx accent sits in a cramped office...
Alexandria man arrested in Loudoun double homicide
An Alexandria man has been arrested as a suspect in a double homicide that took place in a cafe in Sterling, the Loudoun County...
