Tag: murder
Drumgold indictment issued
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
On Monday, the Grand Jury for the City of Alexandria returned an indictment charging Dontae Lashawn Drumgold, a 28-year-old resident...
Alexandria teen killed in D.C. shooting
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the homicide of DeShawn Francis, 16, of Alexandria.
According to a news release from D.C. police,...
Suspect in West End murder indicted
Tavon Lanier, 20, of Alexandria, was indicted for five felonies, including the murder of Alexandria resident John Pope, 57, in the West End last...
Your Views: Incompetence led to murder
To the editor:
We should all be appalled by the actions and incompetence of multiple local officials that led to the violent murder of Karla...
Alexandria man convicted in murder of girlfriend
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
On Monday, a jury convicted Daniel Kankam, 44, an Alexandria business owner, of killing his girlfriend, according to a news...
Maryland man pleads guilty to murder of 20-year-old Alexandria resident
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
William Layton, 32, the Maryland man charged with the murder of 20-year-old Alexandria resident Diamond Moore in December 2018, pleaded...
“Werewolf murder” defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Circuit Court found Pankaj Bhasin, a New Jersey resident arrested for the murder of a man he believed...
Judge declares mistrial in werewolf murder case
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
An Alexandria judge declared a mistrial on March 27 in the murder case of a man who claimed he thought...
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....
