Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Marie Maybell Johnson has not been charged with the Feb. 13 murder of Del Ray resident Elmer "Joe" Roehrs.
Burglary and grand larceny charges against Marie Maybell Johnson, a suspect in the Feb. 13 murder of Del Ray resident Elmer “Joe” Roehrs, are going to an Alexandria Circuit Court grand jury. Chief Judge Becky J. Moore of the Alexandria General District Court forwarded the cases Tuesday following a preliminary hearing. • Interested in getting Del Ray Patch directly into your inbox each morning? Learn more about our daily newsletter. Johnson, 45, of no fixed address, was arrested around 3:15 a.m. Feb. 14 following a traffic stop in the 1400 block of Duke Street in connection to a burglary that took place at Roehrs’ Holly Street home in November 2012, according to Alexandria Police. NBC 4 reported in February that Johnson was the only person …
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Elmer Roehrs' widow speaks with several TV news crews.
Additional information about the murder of 94-year-old Elmer “Joe” Roehrs, found dead Wednesday in his Holly Street home, has come forward through various television media reports. See: Roehrs’ Death Ruled a Homicide. Patch reported Friday that Marie Maybell Johnson, arrested Thursday morning for a November 2012 burglary at Roehrs’ home, is likely to be charged with Roehrs’ murder. NBC 4 reports that Johnson was the only person seen on security cameras entering and leaving Roehrs’ Holly Street home the day of the murder. The home has a history of break-ins and Roehrs and his family installed the cameras at the house after it became a frequent target. An Alexandria police investigation into the murder is ongoing. Marian Bouk, Roehrs’ wife, …
Marie Maybell Johnson was arrested early Thursday morning in connection to a burglary that happened at Elmer Roehrs’ house in November 2012.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Marie Maybell Johnson was arrested early Thursday morning in connection to a burglary that happened at Elmer Roehrs’ house in November 2012.
Marie Maybell Johnson will likely be charged with the murder of Elmer Roehrs, a 94-year-old Del Ray man who was found dead inside his Holly Street home on Wednesday evening, according to sources with information about the Alexandria police investigation. Johnson was arrested early Thursday morning in connection to a burglary that happened at Roehrs’ house on Nov. 27, 2012. She was picked up during a traffic stop on Duke Street in Old Town. The 45-year-old woman with no fixed address was in court Friday facing charges related to the November burglary. See: Victim in Suspicious Death Identified as Elmer Roehrs. Johnson knew Roehrs and rented an apartment from his wife, Marian Bouk, according to The Washington Post. Bouk owns several …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Holly Street resident was found dead early Wednesday evening in his home.
The death of Del Ray resident Elmer Roehrs is now being considered a homicide by the Alexandria Police Department following the results of an autopsy performed Thursday. The 94-year-old was killed Wednesday evening in his home in the 2700 block of Holly Street in Del Ray. Police initially classified the case as a “suspicious death,” but did say Roehrs suffered trauma to his upper body. According to a myfoxdc.com report, Roehrs was killed during an apparent burglary or robbery. An investigation into the case continues. Police identified Roehrs as the victim late Thursday morning. See: Victim in Suspicious Death Identified as Elmer Roehrs. Alexandria police detectives had been investigating a November 2012 burglary that occurred at the home …
Jennifer Atkins
8:52 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Not specific to this, but a similar question was posed to Capt. Odgen and Det. Goble at the DRCA meeting last week: how long does it take to arrest someone after a warrant issues? Paraphrasing, they said it depends. It is much faster when someone has a known address or workplace or known associates. Where someone is "of no fixed address" they can be very hard to find and it can take a long time. … more ›