Crime & Safety

Alexandria Police Reports: Vehicles Spray-Painted

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.

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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.

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In separate and unrelated incidents:

April 28

  • 2:55 p.m. April 28, 5700 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, arrest. Shoplifting offense occurred at this location.

April 29

  • 11:02 a.m. April 29, 5400 block of Echols Avenue, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, pending.
  • 9:54 a.m. April 29, 100 block of North Ripley Street, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, pending.
  • 5:14 p.m. April 29, Duke and Paxton streets, assault, open. Assault occurred between two or more people who had a prior relationship or were known to each other.
  • 2:33 p.m. April 29, Canterbury Square, fraud, pending.
  • 2:42 p.m. April 29, 5200 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, pending. Victim reported unknown suspect/s stole his secured bicycle from the cage in the garage at his apartment complex.
  • 8:57 a.m. April 29, 200 block of Martin Lane, larceny/theft, open.
  • 6:30 p.m. April 29, 500 block of Fort Williams Parkway, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, open.

April 30

  • 7:16 p.m. April 30, 200 block of Yoakum Parkway, larceny/theft, fraud, pending.
  • 2:18 p.m. April 30, 6100 block of Edsall Road, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 3:42 p.m. April 30, 400 block of South Pickett Street, larceny/theft, open. Victim reported his iPhone was lost or stolen while shopping at the store at this location.
  • 2:46 p.m. April 30, 100 block of South Reynolds Street, larceny/theft, pending. Victim reported unknown suspect/s stole her front license plate from her vehicle.
  • 7:56 a.m. April 30, 100 block of Barrett Place, larceny/theft, pending. Unknown suspect/s entered victim's unlocked vehicle parked in his residence driveway and stole property.

May 1

  • 5:59 p.m. May 1, 5800 block of Quantrell Avenue, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, open.
  • 7:27 a.m. May 1, 6100 block of Lincolnia Road, trespass of real property, arrest. Trespassing on property after having been previously barred.
  • 5:21 p.m. May 1, 5800 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 8:25 p.m. May 1, 300 block of South Van Dorn Street, assault, larceny/theft, burglary/breaking and entering, arrest.
  • 5:34 p.m. May 1, 300 block of South Reynolds Street, assault, pending. Assault occurred between two or more people who had a prior relationship or were known to each other.
  • 2:43 a.m. May 1, 5300 block of Taney Avenue, motor vehicle theft, pending. Unknown suspect/s stole victim's motorcycle parked on the street at this location.

May 2

  • 1:44 p.m. May 2, 4300 block of King Street, larceny/theft, pending. Victim reported unknown suspect/s entered his locked locker at the gym at this location and stole his wallet.
  • 2:05 p.m. May 2, 4900 block of Seminary Road, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 9:36 a.m. May 2, 6000 block of Tower Court, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, pending. Unknown suspect/s threw a rock smashing the elevator glass door in the vacant building at this location.
  • 12:10 p.m. May 2, 5900 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, arrest. Shoplifting offense occurred at this location.
  • 5:36 p.m. May 2, 5900 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, arrest. Shoplifting offense occurred at this location.
  • 10:30 a.m. May 2, South Van Dorn Street, motor vehicle theft, burglary/breaking and entering, open.
  • 1:44 a.m. May 2, 5100 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, open. Shoplifting offense occurred at this location.

May 3

  • 12:34 a.m. May 3, 5000 block of Seminary Road, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, pending.
  • 8:22 p.m. May 3, 5600 block of Courtney Avenue, trespass of real property, pending.
  • 12:12 p.m. May 3, 400 block of South Pickett Street, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 3:50 p.m. May 3, 3600 block of Wheeler Avenue, fraud, pending.

May 4

  • 12:51 a.m. May 4, 4300 block of King Street, larceny/theft, open.
  • 5:58 p.m. May 4, 5800 block of Quantrell Avenue, assault, pending.
  • 11:41 p.m. May 4, 6100 block of Lincolnia Road, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 1:56 p.m. May 4, 5700 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 4:52 p.m. May 4, 5100 block of Duke Street, larceny/theft, pending.

May 5

  • 6:12 p.m. May 5, 3000 block of Park Center Drive, larceny/theft, pending.
  • 3:29 p.m. May 5, 500 block of North Jordan Street, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, pending.

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