Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Morton Marshall Ford III died in 2011 from complications related to a blood transfusion when he was shot in 1974. He was also the center of a charged legal battle regarding then police Chief Charles Strobel.
Alexandria police officer Morton Marshall Ford III, who died in 2011, was among those added this week to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall. In remarks to an estimated 20,000 officers, families and supporters at a ceremony Monday at the wall in Washington, DC, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the dead represented “the best of our nation.” In all, 321 new names were added to the wall and honored with a candle-light vigil Monday night, including 120 who died in 2012. See: National Police Week 2013: Candles Raised for the Fallen On Nov. 26, 1974, Sergeant "Morty" Ford was shot when he and several other officers responded to a robbery in progress in Old Town, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
One two nights, a dozen residents of one West End neighborhood reported their cars were entered and items were stolen.
More than a dozen people in the neighborhood between W. Braddock Road and King Street west of Bradlee Shopping Center said their cars were entered and cash, cell phones, sunglasses and other items were stolen, according to the Alexandria Police Department. Most of the incidents occurred Monday and Tuesday, May 6 and 7, according to police reports posted on crimereports.org. See individual incident reports below for more information. Note: The addresses listed below indicates blocks and not specific addresses of incidents. Where an arrest is mentioned, it does not necessarily indicate a conviction. May 5 5:40 p.m., a person in the 5400 block of Bradford Court reported someone entered their apartment and stolen a “large amount of jewelry, …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
It's time for this week's roundup of the region's wackiest news.
Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening in at least one of them. Here's a look back at some weird goings on over the past week. Weird Virginia/DC usually runs on Patch sites every Saturday. Everyone knows that Northern Virginia and DC traffic is notoriously bad. Add a sinkhole to the mix, and you've got problems. That's what happened in Reston this week when motorists on Lawyers Road near Steeplechase were detoured, as a 10-foot sinkhole showed itself. Fairfax Water and road crews patched the spot by the evening rush hour, and thankfully no one was injured by the giant hole in the road. We realize everybody hates traffic, but somebody out there also hates Mother's …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Jacob Choi ran into the street May 4 on Stevenson Avenue.
Alexandria police have released the name of the 4-year-old boy who was struck and killed May 4 when he ran into the street and in front of an oncoming SUV. Police identified the boy as Jacob Choi. The crash occurred on Stevenson Avenue, in West End Alexandria. Police spokesman Jody Donaldson said the boy and his family live in the immediate area but could not provide an exact address. Jacob was walking alongside the road with his mother when he broke free and ran, police said. A group of the boy’s family members were at the scene, and Jacob's mother, who was holding another young child in the family, ran after Jacob and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The child in her arms was not injured, Donaldson said. Police say they still …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Alexandria Police Department reported the following crimes in the West End of Alexandria between in the past week.
Note: The addresses listed below indicates blocks and not specific addresses of incidents. Where an arrest is mentioned, it does not necessarily indicate a conviction. Alexandria police are investigating an incident in which a woman said her vehicle and 14 others in an apartment parking garage were spray-painted. The crime was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday at an apartment complex in the 100 block of North Ripley Street. The woman also told police someone keyed the hood of her vehicle. The case is pending. Police did not say which apartment complex was involved. In separate and unrelated incidents: April 28 April 29 April 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5
Necklace badge pendants raise money for wounded Alexandris officer and are available at B&C Jewelers at the Bradlee Shopping Center in West End Alexandria.
Long after the ambulances and TV crews are gone, after police operations return to normal, Alexandria officer Peter Laboy still suffers. Laboy, who was shot in the head Feb. 27 during a traffic stop in Old Town, is back home, recuperating with family. Local residents who took the shooting to heart continue to raise funds for the family. That includes Vicki Forness of Arlington, owner of B&C Jewelers at the Bradlee Shopping Center in Alexandria. Forness, along with friend and loyal customer Karen Bune, is selling a badge pendant honoring Laboy. All proceeds for pendant sales go to Laboy’s family. “I just thought it was kind of perfect,” Forness said. “It was the badge, symbolic of the police, the name on it, the fact that he’s been …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Four-year-old boy was struck by vehicle, killed Saturday in Alexandria.
Alexandria police say charges will not be filed against the driver of a SUV who struck and killed a 4-year-old boy Saturday in West End Alexandria. Police spokeswoman Ashley Hildebrandt said Monday that she could not release the speed of the vehicle at the time of the collision, which also injured the boy’s mother, saying it was under investigation. The speed limit in the area where the crash occurred, in the 6300 block of Stevenson Avenue, is 35 mph. “It just looks like a horrible and unfortunate accident,” Hildebrandt said. The 84-year-old driver, whose name has not been released, remained on the scene of the crash, police said Saturday. The boy and his mother were walking along Stevenson Avenue when the boy suddenly ran across the …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Police have not yet released the boy's name.
A 4-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday on Stevenson Avenue in West End Alexandria. The boy was walking alongside the road with his mother when he broke free and ran, said Alexandria police spokeswoman Ashley Hildebrandt. "The 4-year-old ran into the street," she said. "The mother ran after him." An 84-year-old man was driving a 2010 Jeep Commander eastbound on Stevenson Avenue when the boy ran into the street, police found in their preliminary investigation. The boy’s mother ran after him, and both were struck by the Jeep, according to a news release. The mother and son were taken to INOVA Fairfax Hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead. The mother sustained non-life-threatening injuries, …
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A 4-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday morning in the 6300 block of Stevenson Avenue.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
In April, we asked Patch readers to tell us what Alexandria intersections and stretches of roads are most dangerous. Here are your responses.
We asked, and you answered—in droves. Patch received about 200 comments and entries about which intersections and stretches of road are "the worst" in Alexandria. Residents from all parts of town had complaints about the intersection of King Street, West Braddock Road and North Quaker Lane. One reader noted that cars that want to make a left-hand turn onto West Braddock Road create overflow into the Quaker Lane intersection, frequently blocking it. Also in the West End, a number of residents expressed concerns about the intersection of Jordan and Duke streets near the Foxchase Shopping Center. One Patch reader wrote in a comment, "I see a couple of issues with the Jordan / Duke St. intersection. The first is that you have an uncontrolled…
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Alexandria Police Department reported the following crimes in the West End of Alexandria between in the past week.
Note: The addresses listed below indicates blocks and not specific addresses of incidents. Where an arrest is mentioned, it does not necessarily indicate a conviction. Alexandria police are investigating two robberies that occurred during the past week in the West End. The first offense was reported at 10:19 a.m. April 22 in the 300 block of South Reynolds Street. The robber approached a man, took his cell phone and ran. The man was possibly known to the victim, police said. The victim then told the other man be would call police, at which point the robber returned the phone, police said. A second robbery was reported at 7:38 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of North Van Dorn Street Police said a woman was walking when a stranger driving a …
Samantha Gallagher
11:29 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The car thing happened to me, too, a few months ago. I'm near the Latham entrance to the Holmes Run trail. Lock your doors, folks :( Luckily I had nothing "interesting" in the car (my dog's bed, a few cds, cloth shopping bags), but they did take the change that was in there. Ugh!! And random jogger assault? What the hell. I would have thought Seminary was a pretty safe place to run. How … more ›