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Police & Fire
Police Confirm ID Of Man Pulled From River Near Virginia Park
New details have been released by police in Alexandria after a 32-year-old man was pulled from a river near Four Mile Run Park last week. Keban Isaias Perez has been identified as the person found dead in the river in the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Avenue on Wednesday, April 24, authorities announced on Monday. Officers were called to the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Avenue near Four Mile Park around 1:30 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department said. Perez was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released the ID on Monday, though the exact cause and manner o…
Police & Fire
Police ID Victim Of 'Suspicious' Alexandria Death (
Update
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Police in Alexandria have identified the man found dead earlier this month. John Andreadakis was found injured in an apartment on the 900 block of North Henry Street around 3:25 a.m. Monday, April 22, the Alexandria Police Department said. Andreadakis, 54, was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. The chief medical examiner positively identified him, police said. Police did not include a cause of death.
Police & Fire
DC Purse Snatcher Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In Maryland, Police Say
A purse snatcher from DC who targeted her victim and stalked her prey before a Frederick robbery is back in Maryland to face criminal charges, police say. District resident Nola Ann Michelle Bens, 59, is behind bars in Frederick County after she was arrested in Alexandria in connection to a February assault and robbery that left a woman with "significant injuries." According to police, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, officers were called to the area of South Carroll Street and Carroll Creek in Frederick to investigate a reported robbery involving two women. The victim told investigators …
Police & Fire
Outfit-Repeating Home Depot Shoplifter ID'd In 30 Minutes: Stafford Sheriff
Thirty minutes was all it took to identify a Home Depot shoplifter, police in Stafford County said. The sheriff's office put out an attempt to ID flyer after $4,400 worth of items were stolen from the Worth Avenue Home Depot on Sunday, April 22. In a matter of minutes, citizens identified the suspect as Eliezer Diaz Hernandez, 41, of Alexandria, the sheriff's office said. He was charged with grand larceny and held at Rappahannock Regional Jail on a $10,000 secured bond. Shortly after dropping Hernandez off at the jail, Home Depot staff requested Deputy Gildea to respond back to the b…
Police & Fire
Body Found In Alexandria River
A man's body was found in an Alexandria river on Wednesday, April 24, police said. Officers were called to the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Avenue near Four Mile Park around 1:30 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department said. The adult male was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy is expected to determine the cause and manner of death. Earlier in the week, Alexandria police announced a suspicious death investigation on North Henry Street. They said only that an injured man was found at the scene and later pronounced dead.
News
Special Police Officer Gets Prison Time For Shooting Former Friend At Northeast DC 7-Eleven
An armed Special Police Officer from Alexandria who was working a detail in a Northeast DC 7-Eleven is heading to prison after shooting a woman during an argument that broke out in January outside the business, authorities announced. Chanel Clinton was sentenced to 36 months in prison, with an additional 24 months of suspended jail time for the shooting of a woman outside of the convenience store on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE more than three months ago. According to court documents, on Thursday, Jan. 18, while on the job working as a Special Police Officer, Clinton and her victim, a f…
Police & Fire
'Suspicious Death' Probed In Alexandria, Police Say
Police in Alexandria are investigating the death of a man that they're calling suspicious. The man was found by officers responding to reports of an injured person in an apartment on the 900 block of North Henry Street around 3:25 a.m. Monday, April 22, the Alexandria Police Department said. The man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. No further information was released.
Obituaries
Former Marine, 23, Died Doing What He Loved In Alexandria Motorcycle Crash, Loved Ones Say
A 23-year-old Alexandria motorcyclist killed in a crash on Tuesday, April 9 has been identified as a former US Marine. Kaden Olsen was broadsided by a DASH bus on Duke and North Ripley streets just after 5 p.m., police in Alexandria said. He died at the scene. A GoFundMe for Olsen's family remembered him as being "larger than life." "He passed doing what he loved, riding his motorcycle," reads the campaign launched by Brooke Jensen. Kaden graduated early from high school and went on to fulfill his dreams of joining the Marine Corps, Jensen writes. He was honorably discharged in …
Police & Fire
Alexandria Motorcyclist, 23, Dies In Crash With
Dash
Bus
Police have identified the victim killed in an Alexandria motorcycle crash as a 23-year-old resident. Kaden Olsen, of Alexandria, was heading east on Duke Street when he was broadsided by a DASH bus making a left turn onto North Ripley Street around 5:05 p.m.Tuesday, April 9, Alexandria police said. The bus driver was the only person on the bus at the time of the accident. No other injuries were reported and the scene was cleared by 10:40 p.m. Olsen died at the scene and charges are pending the outcome of the investigation.
News
Drive-By Shooting Of Alexandria Worker On I-295 Ends With Murder Conviction For District Man
An El Salvadorian MS-13 member who shot and killed a man he believed to be involved in the death of his father years ago has been convicted of murder in Washington, DC, federal authorities announced. District resident Oscar Ramos, 35, was found guilty by a jury in connection to a May 2015 shooting that killed 50-year-old Pedro Melendez Alvarado and injured 56-year-old Miguel Rodriguez Carabantes during an incident over a perceived wrongdoing. Both men were from Alexandria. According to prosecutors, Ramos, who is a member of MS-13, was a passenger in a car that was driving north on I-295, …
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Arlington Man Wins $200K Playing VA Lottery
An Arlington man is taking home $200,000 from playing the Virginia Lottery. When Wassihun Woldeamanuel won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game, he did it 40 times in the same drawing. He bought 40 plays in the February 20 day drawing, each with the same four-digit combination: 4-4-4-4. The prize for matching all four winning numbers in the Pick 4 game is $5,000. Since he had 40 plays with the winning combination, he won a total of $200,000. “I knew four is coming,” he told Lottery officials as he redeemed his winning tickets. He bought 30 of those tickets at Giant F…
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18-Year-Old Inmate Found Dead In Virginia Cell: Police
An 18-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell prompting a death investigation at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center, police said. Juan Felipe Mejia Campos of Alexandria was found unresponsive Thursday morning, March 28, county police said. Aid was rendered, however, Campos died at the scene, police said. There were no signs of foul play. The death appears medical or narcotic-related. The investigation continues. While online records show a 20-year-old Juan Mejia Campos of Stafford was arrested on March 20 on drug charges, county police could not confir…
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