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Jewel Thieves In Loudoun County Target Cases Of Jewelry Imported To VA From India, Sheriff Says
A group of armed robbers in Loudoun County made off with quite the haul of jewelry that had been imported into Virginia from India during a brazen bust over the weekend, the sheriff’s office announced. At approximately 9:10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, deputies from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 45600 block of Dulles Easter Plaza to investigate a reported armed robbery at Dulles Town Crossing in Sterling. The victims say that they were parked in a vehicle when multiple suspects ran up to them, broke the windows and removed multiple cases containing “a significant amount…
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White Supremacy Flyers Found Outside Multiple Loudoun County Homes, Sheriff Says
Questions are flying in Loudoun County after white supremacy propaganda was spread in the driveways of multiple homes in different remote towns, according to police. On Thursday, Jan. 19, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office received reports of dozens of flyers spewing hate that were found outside of several houses, though it is unclear why certain residences were targeted. The propaganda was found on: Sagle Road in Purcellville; Hamilton Station Road in Hamilton; Waterford Creek in Waterford. According to the sheriff's office, all of the flyers were in plastic bags that also contained bi…
Police & Fire
Sheriff IDs 25-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Killed Crashing Into Parked Cars In Virginia
A 25-year-old man was killed in an early-morning crash in Northern Virginia after losing control of his Dodge Charger and crashing into parked cars, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Sterling resident Jason A. Recinos-Funes died in a Virginia hospital after crashing his Charger in the 500 block of East Staunton Avenue on Monday, Dec. 12 in his hometown. Investigators say that members of the sheriff's office were called to the scene of the crash shortly before 2:45 a.m. on Monday morning when Recinos-Funes was driving his 2013 Charger on East Staunton Avenue when he struck tw…
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'Hate Has No Home Here:' Sheriff Investigating Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Virginia
A Virginia community is rallying together after hateful, racist graffiti was found spray-painted outside a busy Loudoun County shopping center. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says it will be investigating graffiti that was found at the South Riding shopping center over the weekend that included racist words, LGBTQ+ slurs, anti-Semitic symbolism, and other hateful rhetoric. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a vandalism in South Riding involving hateful, racist rhetoric. There is no place in society for this behavior. Anyone with any information that may be helpfu…
Schools
Virginia Schools Behavioral Assistant Accused Of Assaulting Student: Sheriff
A behavioral assistant with Loudoun County Public Schools has been charged with assaulting a student, authorities said. An investigation into Julie D. Hancher, 55, of Leesburg, was launched after a school resource officer at Lightridge High School notified officials on Monday, Nov. 14, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The alleged assaults took place inside a classroom on two occasions. Hancher was then charged with two counts of assault on Tuesday, Nov. 22, authorities said. The underage victim's identity was being withheld by police to protect their identi…
Police & Fire
Virginia Daycare Worker Charged With Child Abuse, Neglect Of Infant
A 50-year-old woman has been charged with abusing and neglecting an infant in her care while working for an Ashburn daycare, authorities said. Shabana Saleem had been working at the Winwood Children’s Center on the 43200 block of Hay Road when detectives with the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office were called to a hospital on a report of an infant suffering from life-threatening injuries around 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7. There, authorities learned that the infant had been injured while in an employee's care at the daycare center, they said. Those injuries weren't specified. An investigati…
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Ex-BF Admits To Killing Pregnant Girlfriend Carrying His Child In Virginia
A man admitted to killing a pregnant woman who has been missing out of Loudoun County in Virginia for more than a decade. Ronald Roldan, 42, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for his role in the well-documented disappearance of Bethany Decker in 2011, according to the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney. Roldan, formerly of Loudoun County, was the father of Decker’s unborn baby who lived with her at the time she went missing almost 12 years ago while her husband, Emile Decker, was away at military training. Decker was 21 years old at the time she disappeared in January 2011. She w…
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Teen Pronounced Dead At Hospital After Single-Car Virginia Crash Into Pole: Sheriff
A teen driver who was rushed to the hospital following a single-car crash in Virginia was later pronounced dead, authorities said. Asad Kaleem's white 2018 Honda Civic was traveling west on Gloucester Parkway near Runnymeade Terrace when it crashed into a pole in the center median just before 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The 19-year-old Ashburn man was taken to Lansdowne Hospital, where he later died, authorities said. Meanwhile, a member of a Virginia-based Muslim society posted a letter on Facebook informing the community of Kaleem's s…
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Registered Sex Offender Caught Soliciting Minor For Sex, Sexual Abuse At Virginia Park: Police
A 69-year-old registered sex offender in Virginia is facing new charges after authorities say he solicited a minor for sex and sexually abused them in public. Daniel H. Sutton, of Herndon, was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 26, and charged with felony transportation of a juvenile for the purpose of an illicit sex act and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. The man is accused of contacting a child on an online platform and arranging to meet in person, police said. Sutton traveled to the boy's home, picked him up, and drove to t…
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Masked Man Apprehended After Abducting Minor In Virginia, Sheriff Says
An overnight investigation into the armed kidnapping of a minor in Loudoun County led to the arrest of a 20-year-old man who allegedly abducted the juvenile on Tuesday night, police say. Arlington resident Joshua Patino is facing multiple felony offenses following an incident in Chantilly, according to a spokesperson from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Specifically, Patino was charged with: Abduction; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; Brandishing a firearm; Preventing the summoning of law enforcement; Unlawful use of a mask; Assault and battery.…
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Popular Police Chief In Virginia Set To Retire After Decades Of Service
A popular police chief in Virginia is set to retire after decades of service. Leesburg Chief of Police Gregory C. Brown will officially retire on Dec. 1 after 26 years of service in the Leesburg and Loudoun community, the department announced on Thursday, Oct. 20. Brown has held the position of chief since Oct. 3, 2016, and has since expanded the department to a staff of 90 sworn officers and 18 civilians. He began his law enforcement career with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department in 1996 and joined the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in 1997, w…
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Bat-Wielding Suspects At Large In Virginia After Violent Convenience Store Robbery: Sheriff
Recognize them? Police in Virginia are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a pair of wanted suspects who terrorized a Leesburg convenience store with baseball bats. An alert was issued by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office after two men entered the Valero gas station in the 13200 block of James Monroe Highway shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 12, and robbed it. Investigators said that two men entered the store, and while one suspect took money from the cash register, a second assaulted an employee at the gas station several times with a wooden baton, causin…
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