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Alexandria Police Adopt Hate-Crime Policy After Grocery Store Assault

Prosecutors are evaluating bias-related sentence enhancements, with the accused jailed in Maryland awaiting extradition.

Overview

  • The new policy formalizes how Alexandria police track and handle hate crimes and bias incidents, including committed reporting and procedures.
  • Video recorded on Christmas Day inside the Giant on Duke Street shows a woman accosting a shopper and using homophobic slurs before an assault.
  • Detectives say the circumstances indicate the victim was targeted because of his sexual orientation.
  • The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Shibritney Colbert of Landover, Maryland, was arrested Jan. 8 in Prince George’s County and remains held pending extradition to Virginia.
  • Colbert faces charges including felony eluding, assault and battery, destruction of property, and driving an unregistered vehicle, while prosecutors review possible bias enhancements.