Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Julian Dawkins, 22, was pronounced dead at a hospital early Wednesday.
Alexandria police have identified the victim in Wednesday morning's suspicious death in Lynhaven as 22-year-old city resident Julian Dawkins. • See: Police Interviewing Arlington Sheriff's Deputy in Suspicious Death Case At 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to reports of a person being shot in the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive. Police quickly located the male victim, who was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to a release from the Alexandria Police Department. Police said they have questioned Arlington County Sheriff’s Deputy Craig Patterson, 44, who was involved in the shooting. Patterson, a 17-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, is also an Alexandria resident, police said. He has been placed …
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Alexandria police respond to reports of a shooting early Wednesday morning in Lynhaven.
1:30 p.m. update — Alexandria police have officially identified the victim as 22-year-old city resident Julian Dawkins. An investigation is ongoing. More on Patch: Alexandria Police ID Victim in Lynhaven Shooting — — — — 11:15 a.m. update — The victim in Wednesday morning's incident is being identified as Julian Dawkins, according to WNEW. According to the report, there's a dispute as to whether an altercation occurred: The victim’s mother, Gwen Pratt Miller, identifies the man as Julian Dawkins. Dawkins is the cousin of Washington Mystics guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt. He was among a group of people that had gone out earlier that evening to celebrate Ruffin-Pratt making the team, the family says. Contrary to police statements, a woman who …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Suzanne Laboy speaks with reporters about her husband's recovery from a Feb. 27 gunshot wound to the head.
The wife of wounded Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy called his recovery from a gunshot wound to the head “a miracle” Tuesday at a press conference at police headquarters. “I definitely think it is a miracle. It was not his time to go,” Suzanne Laboy said. “Part of the miracle is that everyone did their job that day.” Peter Laboy, 45, of Alexandria, was responding to a look out from the department for a yellow cab minivan for a minor offense in Old Town on Feb. 27 when he was shot. Soon after Laboy approached the cab, the Department of Emergency Communications began receiving emergency calls reporting an officer down. Laboy was flown to Medstar Washington Hospital Center from the fields outside of Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy and …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Kashif Bashir facing slew of charges in Feb. 27 shooting incident that wounded Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy.
The suspect in the February shooting of Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy was indicted by an Alexandria Circuit Court grand jury Monday. Kashif Bashir, 27, is facing one count of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, one count of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The attempted capital murder charge and aggravated malicious wounding charge each carry sentences of 20 years to life. The firearm charges each carry three-year sentences. Trial dates will be chosen in the next 10 days. Bashir is being represented by the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office. Prosecutors handling the case are Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Molly Sullivan and Assistant Commonwealth’s …
The following are some of the thefts, robberies and other recent police incidents in Alexandria's West End.
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. This is a partial list of police reported incidents in the western half of Alexandria. For additional incidents and information, go to crimereports.com or visit the Alexandria Police Department crime reports database here. May 14 9:54 a.m., 4300 block of Raleigh Ave., a victim reported unknown suspect/s stole a USPS-delivered package left at his apartment door at this address. 2 p.m., 200 block of Yoakum Parkway, a victim reported that while moving furniture to the 11th floor of the building at this location, an elevator closed with his tools on it and by the time he could…
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, …
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 …
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4:52 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Another person killed at the hands of the police. Prays and condolences go out to the victims family and friends. What makes this even more tragic is, if it was a cop who got shot or killed. There would be tons of condolences and comments left. But since its a black man, dead by the hands of the police. No one will post. Well, i`m posting and saying where is the indictment for murder charges for … more ›