Crime & Safety
Police: Graffiti Not Motivated by Hate
APD receives three reports of vandalism on Wednesday.

The Alexandria Police Department received three reports of graffiti in Del Ray on Wednesday morning, including one incident where racist speech was painted on a building.
The “nature” of what was painted didn’t lead police officers to believe the graffiti was an act motivated by hate, according to a police spokesperson.
All three incidents were reported around the same time.
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In the comments section of at HomeMade Pizza Company, Mellenie Runion wrote that she witnessed graffiti in late July on a Hume Avenue home and at the on Dewitt Avenue.
She then wrote the graffiti popped up again on Wednesday in the same places as well as some new areas.
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“This time it was the home on Hume, the Emmanuel Temple, , and the van parked on Mt. Vernon Avenue in front of Agape Church,” Runion wrote.
Ashley Hildebrandt of the APD’s Media Services Unit urges citizens to report incidents of graffiti and suspicious activity by calling 703-838-4444.
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