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Man receives 1-year sentence for assaults outside Alexandria Metro stations
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Man receives 1-year sentence for assaults outside Alexandria Metro stations
By James Cullum
Published March 23, 2026 at 2:30PM
A Fairfax County man has been sentenced to one year in the city jail for the assaults of two women near Alexandria Metro stations last year, according to the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Lisa Kemler sentenced 36-year-old Jeffrey Gary on Friday (March 20) to 10 years in jail, with all but one year suspended. Gary previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of abduction and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for the assaults of two women outside the Braddock Road and Potomac Yard Metro stations on May 30, 2025. Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter had pushed for a five-year active sentence and was disappointed in Kemler’s decision.
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Gary, a Georgetown Law graduate, was employed as an assistant division chief by the Federal Communications Commission until his arrest. In a letter to the judge, he wrote that he did not remember the incidents. ... “(T)he truth is, your honor, that I don’t remember that night,” Gary wrote. “I learned about my actions the way most of the world did — my attorney brought me a print-out of the Washington Post article about my arrest.”
Chris Leibig, Gary’s attorney, said that his client was a high functioning lawyer who had never been diagnosed as bipolar or autistic, that he had been prescribed high doses of Prozac and Adderall and had been drinking after work. Taken together, those factors put Gary in a state of delirium, Leibig said. ...“It’s a very rare situation,” Leibig said. “He was horrified by what he did, and he didn’t mean to do it.” ... Gary wrote that since his arrest he has gotten a divorce and lost his career and friends.
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Man receives 1-year sentence for assaults outside Alexandria Metro stations
By James Cullum
Published March 23, 2026 at 2:30PM
A Fairfax County man has been sentenced to one year in the city jail for the assaults of two women near Alexandria Metro stations last year, according to the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Lisa Kemler sentenced 36-year-old Jeffrey Gary on Friday (March 20) to 10 years in jail, with all but one year suspended. Gary previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of abduction and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for the assaults of two women outside the Braddock Road and Potomac Yard Metro stations on May 30, 2025. Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter had pushed for a five-year active sentence and was disappointed in Kemler’s decision.
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Gary, a Georgetown Law graduate, was employed as an assistant division chief by the Federal Communications Commission until his arrest. In a letter to the judge, he wrote that he did not remember the incidents. ... “(T)he truth is, your honor, that I don’t remember that night,” Gary wrote. “I learned about my actions the way most of the world did — my attorney brought me a print-out of the Washington Post article about my arrest.”
Chris Leibig, Gary’s attorney, said that his client was a high functioning lawyer who had never been diagnosed as bipolar or autistic, that he had been prescribed high doses of Prozac and Adderall and had been drinking after work. Taken together, those factors put Gary in a state of delirium, Leibig said. ...“It’s a very rare situation,” Leibig said. “He was horrified by what he did, and he didn’t mean to do it.” ... Gary wrote that since his arrest he has gotten a divorce and lost his career and friends.
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