Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit have charged the driver of the 2007 Mercedes C230 in the Mar. 30 fatal pedestrian crash in Groveton. Detectives determined Luis Merino Berrios, 18, of Alexandria was driving southbound on Richmond Highway approaching Groveton Street. The driver of a 2017 Jeep Wrangler attempted to…
Mount Vernon Police District – A Maryland woman is facing felony charges following a 34-hour barricade that ended early this morning at Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive. On Tuesday around 11 a.m., officers were called to the 7200 block Fordson Road in Alexandria to check the area for Brittany Copelin, 29, who was reported missing…
The following release is from the Office of the Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney. Fairfax County, VA – Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano today announced that Juan Oliva-Ruiz, 19, and Shantica Tillery, 23, were indicted by a grand jury on three felony counts each for the death of their 11-month-old, who overdosed on fentanyl in June 2022. They were…
Mount Vernon Police District – Officers responded to a carjacking in the 7600 block of Richmond Highway at 4:50 p.m. in Alexandria. A man assaulted an 81-year-old woman, took property, and drove away in her gray Ford van. Officers found the van wrecked in the 2200 block of Beacon Hill Road. A K-9 unit found…
Mount Vernon Police District – Animal Protection Police continue to investigate a dog found chained to a fence and shot. At 3:35 a.m. officers responded to the area of Bedford Terrace and Beekman Place for a dog chained to a fence. Officers found the dog and discovered he had been shot. The chain was immediately…
Mount Vernon Police District- Two Maryland men were taken into custody yesterday, roughly two hours after the latest in a series of gaming machines thefts from area convenience stores. At 8:55 p.m. on Jan. 24, Fairfax County police officers were dispatched to the 7-Eleven at 8434 Frye Road in the Mount Vernon section of Alexandria.…
Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit continue to investigate a fatal crash that occurred at 6:40 p.m. yesterday at Richmond Highway and Beacon Hill Road in Alexandria section of Fairfax County. Preliminarily, detectives determined Kim Hampton, 72, was attempting to cross the southbound travel lanes of Richmond Highway from west to east,…
Mount Vernon Police Station- 42-year-old Louis C. Allen is facing additional charges after a DNA match linked him to another sexual assault that occurred in February. On February 2 at 7:05 pm a woman entered her apartment building in the 8300 block of Brockham Drive. She was grabbed from behind by a man and sexually assaulted. The victim…
Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics Bureau are actively investigating a homicide that occurred last night in the 7900 block of Audubon Avenue in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Officers were called around 8:02 p.m., when a community member found an injured man lying on the sidewalk.…
Mount Vernon Police District – Kyjuan Omar Braxton Trott-McLean was arrested yesterday afternoon in the Mount Vernon Police District. On Wednesday night, officers located an unoccupied vehicle they believed Trott-McLean was using in the 8600 block of Forest Place. Detectives from our Fugitive Track and Apprehension Unit responded to conduct a surveillance operation on the…
Mount Vernon Police District – Chief Kevin Davis and Major Ed O’Carroll, Bureau Commander of the Major Crimes and Cyber and Forensics Bureaus, will announce a reward being offered for information that leads to the arrest of Kyjuan Omar Braxton Trott-McLean. They will be joined by United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Resident…
