Grenade found attached to Alexandria home
Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal officers removed a grenade that was attached to the basement window of an Alexandria home Monday. A 48-year-old Alexandria man reported seeing the grenade attached to a home on the 400 block of Crown View Drive, police said. The Alexandria Fire Department, Arlington County Bomb Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigations and Army EOD responded to the scene and evacuated several nearby homes before safely removing the device. – Taryn Luntz
Alexandria residents charged in gun-shipping scheme
Three Alexandria residents were arrested in connection with a scheme to buy and ship guns to Ghana, according to court documents filed in federal court.
Between October 2006 and August 2007, Francis Fosuhene, Nicholas Fosuhene and Veronica Bobie bought 11 pistols and shotguns from Dawson’s Small Arms of the World in Woodbridge, authorities said. The weapons were hidden inside packages, such as Christmas gifts, and mailed to family members in Ghana, according to documents signed by a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The trio was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government by providing false statements in the applications to purchase the weapons. – Scott McCabe
