Mount Vernon District- Detectives are asking for tips after several delivery drivers were robbed. Since January 10th, there have been nine robberies of delivery drivers in the area of Pembrook Village Drive and Buckman Road in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. The suspect orders food by phone to be delivered to a random address…
Mount Vernon Police District – A man died yesterday evening from injuries sustained during an altercation near the Beacon Hill apartments on Feb. 21. Officers initially responded to the 6600 block of Tower Drive for the report of an unresponsive man. He was identified as Matthew Watson, 36, of Alexandria. He was taken to an…
Mount Vernon Police District – Our Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed around 9:30 p.m. last night. Detectives believe 51-year-old Nelissa Alston, of Alexandria, was attempting to cross Richmond Highway near Fort Hunt Road. The driver of a 2015 Lexus RC 350, who was traveling southbound on Richmond Highway…
Mount Vernon Police District – Two Washington, D.C. men are in custody today after detectives linked them to the murder of Tarreece Sampson on May 20, 2016. Our officers were called to the 6000 block of Richmond Highway at 2:20 a.m. for a report of a man who had been shot. Sampson was found with a…
Mount Vernon District – Jaquan Ross is now in custody after a joint effort by our Fugitive detectives, Mount Vernon Neighborhood Patrol Unit, K9 Unit, and SWAT team. The 27-year-old was arrested around three this morning in an apartment in the 7900 block of Richmond Highway. He was still wearing our handcuff on his right…
Mount Vernon District – We are currently searching for 27-year-old Jaquan Ross after he escaped from our custody at a local hospital shortly before 7 this morning. Officers initially responded around 4 a.m. to the 6100 block of Richmond Highway to assist the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Two local bail bondsman had apprehended Ross, who…
Mount Vernon District – An 18-year-old is facing charges related to a series of residential burglaries that began in early November. Detectives from our Criminal Investigations Section (CIS) worked together with the Neighborhood Patrol Unit (NPU) and patrol officers to identify Davian Reyes-Reyes, of Alexandria, and take him into custody yesterday. Detectives were able to…
Mount Vernon District – Detectives are asking for your help in identifying the individuals responsible for at least 18 residential burglaries in the Jefferson Manor and Bucknell Manor communities. Detectives say the below burglaries have occurred in the last month: 8000 block of Ashton Street 6000 block of Bangor Drive 2500 block of Belleview Avenue…
Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives are releasing a composite sketch of a man they believe was involved in the attempted abduction of a teenage girl. It happened at approximately 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, near the intersection of North Kings Highway and Fairhaven Avenue. The man approached the victim and tried to pull…
Mount Vernon District – Fugitive Alton Thodos was captured this afternoon by Prince George’s County Police. Our officers spotted Thodos in a stolen car near Little River Turnpike and Lincolnia Road, in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Our officers tried to pull Thodos over but he sped away. We pursued him through the City…
We continue to search for 32-year-old Alton Thodos after an investigation revealed him as a suspect in several crimes that happened yesterday. Officers responded to the area of Belle Haven Road and Radcliff Lane in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County around 10 a.m. for a man who was trying to open car doors. When…
Mount Vernon District – We are currently searching for a 32-year-old man after a barricade situation in the 6000 block of Richmond Highway in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. We were initially at the location to serve an arrest warrant. When we went to enter the motel room, the suspect, Alton Thodos, made threats…
