Tag: robbery

Crime Roundup: Week of Dec. 7, 2023

 By Laura Van Pate | [email protected] A robbery took place on Sunday at around 7:20 p.m. in a tobacco mini-mart at the 100 block of...

Shootings and larcenies continue

By Leslie Golden | [email protected]  According to notifications from the APD, there have been a slew of incidents involving gun shots, robberies and grand larceny...

Robbery and shots fired

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] On April 3, the Alexandria Police Department released two Twitter notifications regarding a commercial robbery and a report of shots...

Delivery driver robbed at gunpoint

  By Leslie Golden | [email protected] According to an Alexandria Police Department notification, a delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 10:50 p.m. around the...

Police investigate Duke Street robbery

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria police officers are investigating a robbery that took place on Tuesday night in the 4300 block of Duke Street,...

Justice Matters with Bryan Porter: English common law in Virginia’s code

One of my favorite sections of the Virginia Code is §1-200, which states in pertinent part, that “the common law of England, insofar that...

Police investigate Tuesday evening robberies

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria Police Department is investigating two robberies that took place on Tuesday night, according to two city news releases. Police...

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...

Crime Blotter: Two robberies and an assault

Thursday, Aug. 2 Two robberies and an assault Three suspects assaulted and stole cash from a man along the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway last...

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...