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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...