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ALEXANDRIA, VA—An 18-year-old Alexandria man faces charges related to an attempted robbery and sexual battery last week. Alexandria Police say the attempted robbery and sexual battery both occurred in the area of Duke Street and North Jordan Street in the West End on Monday, Aug. 14. Around 3:24 p.m., police responded to the attempted robbery on the bike trail near Holmes Run Parkway . The suspect grabbed a woman from behind and demanded money. The victim struggled with the suspect, who then fled. Not long after at at 3:59 p.m., police say the suspect grabbed a woman's buttocks at an apartment building in the 500 block of North Jordan Street . The suspect fled when the victim screamed. Joshua Sprinkle, 18, has been charged with attempted robbery and abduction in the first incident, and sexual battery for the second incident. Sprinkle was arrested on Aug. 16 and is being held without bond. Police believe Sprinkle could have assaulted other women. Anyone with information about in...

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly trying to rob a woman near a bike trail and assaulting another woman as she was going into an apartment building in Alexandria. Joshua Sprinkle faced charges of abduction, attempted robbery and sexual battery, police said Wednesday. Officials said the incidents unfolded Aug . 14 around 3:24 p.m. when police said Sprinkle allegedly grabbed a woman from behind and demanded money near a bike trail along Holmes Run Parkway . The victim struggled with the suspect and fled, police said. Then, just before 4 p.m. on that same day, police were called to the 500 block of N. Jordan Street where they alleged that Sprinkle grabbed a woman as she walked up the stairs inside an apartment building. The woman screamed and the suspect fled. Two days later, police said they arrested Sprinkle. He is being held without bond. Authorities said they believe Sprinkle may have assaulted other women in the area and ask that anyone with information cal...

“a shaken Spencer took to the roof to film activists while hiding his face, prompting police to guard the rear entrance of his apartment building for the rest of the night. We chanted, “We are not afraid of you!”’ On Sunday, August 13th in response to the tragedy in Charlottesville, the DC Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the Mid- Atlantic General Defense Committee (GDC), and the DC Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) organized a vigil at Market Square in Alexandria, Virginia to offer space and support for those who had attended the rally the day prior, and to honor and remember the life of Heather Heyer and those injured at Charlottesville. Protestors and medics who witnessed the murder spoke about their experiences and gave detail about the police inaction in Charlottesville, and the medical response to Heather Heyer’s injuries, eventually resulting in her death. They drew connections between the many Confederate monuments and street names in Northern Virginia and Spencer...

previous Community Kids Day . This year's back-to-school event will take place Aug. 27 at the Charles Houston Recreation Center and Brent Place Apartments . " /> Del Ray barber Gary Bailey gives Tim Wiggins a haircut at a previous Community Kids Day . This year's back-to-school event will take place Aug. 27 at the Charles Houston Recreation Center and Brent Place Apartments . Photo by Jeanne Theismann. City organizations are partnering Aug. 27 at two locations for a Community Day to provide free backpacks and school supplies for boys and girls to prepare them for the upcoming school year . The first event will be held at the Charles Houston Recreation Center from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at 901 Wythe St. Free haircuts will be available as well as clowns, face painting, a DJ, popcorn and treats, public safety vehicles on display and Caring Angels Therapy Dogs . In the West End, a Community Day will be held at Brent Place Apartments , 375 S. Reynolds St., from 2-4 p.m. In ...

At its Monday meeting, the Alexandria City Council set a public hearing for Oct. 9 to consider the request. Unique Development LLC is proposing to eventually build four 15,000-square-foot buildings on McKay Avenue, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Each building would house six three-bedroom units, five four-bedrooms and one five-bedroom. The TIF that's being requested is only for the first phase of the project. The total cost of all four phases would amount to $6 million. The apartments would be available for households with incomes that are 60 percent or less than Douglas County's median income. Also, restrictions will be placed on the rents so they won't exceed those allowed by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency , according to Nicole Fernholz, director of the Alexandria Area Economic Development Commission . The property is owned by LifeRight Outreach, a nonprofit organization, and is currently tax-exempt. The development would increase the value of the land and bui...

Suspicious person, two people in alley, both tried to walk away, male stated he was trying to find cigarettes on the ground then going home, Alex. Suspicious vehicle, comp states there is a tan truck with a topper by the cul-de-sac and has been there for two months, Garfield. Theft, theft of a boat motor, Alex. Harassment, caller says that her ex-husband is calling her and won't leave her alone, has been drinking heavily and she is nervous about what he might do, Alex. Harassment, receiving several text messages from a male that she doesn't know, Alex. Suspicious vehicle, vehicle unoccupied , Alex. 911 hangup, comp called screaming , she then hung up, called back, person one tossed the house according to comp, person one went home for the night, Evansville. Saturday, August 12 Suspicious vehicle, out with vehicle on the side of the road, Alex. Suspicious vehicle, Evansville city maintenance reporting green Ford Expedition unoccupied , there is a purse and a gun case inside the...

Regeni was undeterred. Proficient in five languages, he was insatiably curious and exuded a low-intensity charm that attracted a wide circle of friends. From 12 to 14, he served as youth mayor of his hometown, Fiumicello. He prided himself on his ability to navigate different cultures, and he relished Cairo ’s unruly street life : the smoky cafes, the endless hustle, the candy- colored party boats that plied the Nile at night. He registered as a visiting scholar at American University in Cairo and found a room in Dokki, a traffic-choked neighborhood between the Pyramids and the Nile, where he shared an apartment with two young professionals : Juliane Schoki, who taught German, and Mohamed El Sayad , a lawyer at one of Cairo’s oldest law firms . Dokki was an unfashionable address, but it was just two subway stops from downtown Cairo with its maze of cheap hotels, dive bars and crumbling apartment blocks encircling Tahrir Square . Regeni soon befriended writers and artists and practi...