From: The Alexandria Brief by Ryan Belmore, March 20,2026, A summary

Former FCC Employee Sentenced to one year in Alexandria Metro Station Assaults

The Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, finds that the defendant was in a state of delirium at the time of the attacks, driven by misprescribed medications and undiagnosed mental illness. The court found that misprescribed medications contributed to the defendant’s behavior on the night of May 30, 2025, and that he demonstrated genuine remorse. The defendant was arrested on June 1, 2025, and was fired from the FCC following his arrest. He faced two Class 5 felony counts of abduction by force or intimidation under Virginia Code 18.2-47 and one Class I misdemeanor count of sexual battery under Code 18.2-67.4. He entered a plea of no contest a few months earlier; therefore, the court held a sentencing hearing. A powerful victim impact statement was entered into the court record.

According to the forensic psychiatric testimony and the evaluation report filed with the court by Robert Brown Jr., M.D., the defendant consumed between $50 and $100 worth of alcohol at a bar between leaving work and approximately 8:30 p.m. on the night of the attacks. Dr. Brown wrote that the medications prescribed for the defendant, fluoxetine, buspirone, and dextroamphetamine - combined with excessive alcohol ingestion would be expected to produce a delirium, which Dr. Brown described as a disturbance of attention and cognition developing over a short period of time along with memory deficit, disorientation and impaired perception. Dr. Brown also testified that the defendant suffered from bipolar I disorder, which was not properly recognized or treated before May 30, 2025, meaning that he was not on appropriate medications for that serious mental disorder at the time of the offenses.  Forensicpsychiatry.com