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  • UPDATE: Video Released of Suspect in Target iPhone Theft

    Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives have released surveillance video of the suspect in this theft. She is seen leaving the store and getting into a Volvo station wagon. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective A. Goodger of the Mount Vernon District Station Criminal Investigation Section at 703-619-4305 or Crime Solvers electronically by…

  • Proactive Patrol Leads to Arrest; K9 Recovers a Gun

    Proactive Patrol Leads to Arrest; K9 Recovers a Gun

    Mount Vernon Police District – Two officers were proactively patrolling on foot in the 7900 block of Audubon Avenue on Monday, March 27. Around 11:30 p.m., they came across a group of people who appeared to be drinking beer. As they approached to investigate, one man turned and ran. As he fled, officers saw him…

  • Detectives Investigate Theft of Dozens of iPhones

    Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in the theft of dozens of iPhones. On March 15, 2017, an unidentified woman portrayed herself as an employee of the Target store located at 6600 Richmond Highway in order to gain access to the stock room.…

  • Detectives Investigating Two Cases of Fraud

    Detectives Investigating Two Cases of Fraud

    Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects involved in two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on February 1, around 9 p.m. at the Safeway located at 1624 Belle View Boulevard. A man entered the store and purchased over $1300 worth of gift cards with counterfeit money.…

  • UPDATE: Suspected Purse Thief Photos Released

    Help us identify the suspect who stole a 69-year-old woman’s purse, with her rosary inside, on the evening of February 21. He was described as white, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 140 pounds, with a thin build, 25 to 28 years old. The suspect was seen getting into a light-colored pickup truck with…

  • Caught in the Act: Man Arrested for Vehicle Tampering

    Caught in the Act: Man Arrested for Vehicle Tampering

    Michael Terrell Boone Mount Vernon Police District – Around 9 this morning, officers were working several reports of vehicle tampering in the Belleview area; in and around the 6300 block of 10th Street. There were at least six cars that had been broken into at that time. While in the area a lookout was broadcast…

  • Cruiser Crash Results in DWI Arrest

    Cruiser Crash Results in DWI Arrest

    Mt. Vernon Police District – On Saturday, March 4, around 8:20 in the evening, an officer was driving his marked 2009 Ford Taurus northbound on Richmond Highway near Arlington Drive. At the same time, a 2013 Hyundai Sonata, traveling south on Richmond Highway, approaching Arlington Drive, turned in front of the cruiser. The cars collided…

  • Man Wanted for Domestic-Related Abduction Now in Custody

    Man Wanted for Domestic-Related Abduction Now in Custody

    Mount Vernon Police District –  A man wanted for a domestic-related abduction in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County this morning has turned himself into police. Our investigation began when officers were called to the area of Richmond Highway and Cooper Road around 8:30 this morning to meet with the victim of an alleged abduction. The…

  • Second Robbery Suspect Arrested

    Second Robbery Suspect Arrested

    Mount Vernon Police District – On January 12, Korey Desean Proctor, 23, of Alexandria, was arrested and charged with robbery. An investigation by the Mount Vernon District Station, Criminal Investigation Section, led to Proctor’s connection to a robbery that occurred outside the 7-Eleven store at 8434 Frye Road, on Friday, November 18, at about 6:30…

  • Teen Shot in Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Police District: Early this morning around 1 a.m., we got a call for a shooting in the 6600 block of The Parkway in Alexandria. When officers arrived, they found a teenaged male who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but remains in stable condition. Detectives believe this is not a random incident and that there…

  • UPDATE: Driver Charged in December 2 Fatal Pedestrian Crash

    Mount Vernon Police District – Crash Reconstruction detectives have placed charges in the December 2 fatal crash that occurred in the area of Richmond Highway and Frye Road. Yesterday, the lead detective obtained a magistrate summons charging the driver, Don K. Wong, of Alexandria, with failing to yield to a pedestrian. The summons was served…