A 55-year-old Alexandria man has pleaded guilty to stabbing another man in the neck near the plaza benches outside the Braddock Road Metro station, following an argument that reportedly started over a pack of cigarettes. Maurice Antonio Moore now awaits sentencing, which is scheduled for Dec. 10.
Moore pleaded guilty on Sept. 24 to malicious wounding for stabbing a man near benches in the plaza area of the 1200 block of Braddock Place, according to ALXnow. The stabbing happened the evening of July 21, in the same block near the Metro station. Moore faces between five and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
How the Argument Over Cigarettes Turned Violent
A neighbor told Alexandria police that she saw Moore and the victim drinking outside before things fell apart, the outlet's report states. According to the account, Moore made sexually inappropriate comments about her after she sat down nearby, which angered the victim. The victim then got into an argument with Moore after Moore allegedly took his cigarettes, and Moore produced a knife after becoming angered by the victim's statements.
The details of the confrontation emerged from a search warrant affidavit that was recently unsealed, the same report notes. Under Virginia's malicious wounding statute, the offense covers maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting or wounding a person, or otherwise causing bodily injury, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, according to the Virginia Code. It is classified as a Class 3 felony.
What Moore Faces at Sentencing
The sentencing range tied to that felony classification is set out separately in state law. The Virginia Code provides for imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than 20 years for a Class 3 felony, along with a fine of not more than $100,000, matching the exposure reported in Moore's case.
Moore is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10. Court records cited in the report show this is not his first run-in with the law. He was found guilty of trespassing in both 2025 and 2024, receiving 120 days in jail and a year of unsupervised probation for those offenses. He was also found guilty of destruction of property and petit larceny in 2021, and of trespassing and having an open container in 2020.
