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Minor Killed, Six Injured In Virginia Crash With Private Company Ambulance Minor Killed, Six Injured In Virginia Crash With Private Company Ambulance
Minor Killed, Six Injured In Virginia Crash With Private Company Ambulance A minor was killed in a Loudoun County crash involving an ambulance on Friday night, police say. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Aug. 2, officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to the intersection of East Market Street and the Leesburg Bypass, when a Honda being driven by a juvenile was involved in a crash with a private company ambulance. Police say that one minor was rushed to an area hospital and was later pronounced dead. The driver and two passengers in the Honda were hospitalized and listed in stable condition on Saturday. At the time of the crash, it was occupied by two emp…
Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say
Repeat DWI Driver Hit 100 MPH Before Arrest In Virginia, Police Say A driver with the need for speed is facing his second DWI after being busted going 100 mph on Tuesday night in Loudoun County, according to police. Daniel Basurto Vargas, 35, is facing a host of charges after being stopped by members of the Leesburg Police Department on patrol late on July 30 near a busy intersection. According to a spokesperson from the department, shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, the officer spotted Vargas heading westbound on East Market Street near Battlefield Parkway traveling 100 mph in a 55 mph zone, prompting a traffic stop. During the subsequent stop, it w…
Man Stabbed In Leesburg Parking Lot: Police Man Stabbed In Leesburg Parking Lot: Police
Man Stabbed In Leesburg Parking Lot: Police Police in Leesburg are investigating a parking lot stabbing at a local business. A man was stabbed in his abdomen around 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 on the 500 block of East Market Street, local police said. No suspect description was provided to officers. The subject was taken to an area hospital for treatment of his non-life-threatening injuries. We are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has any information that could aid in the investigation to please contact Detective S. Bultrowicz at 703-771-4500 or at sbultrowicz@leesburgva.gov. You can also submit tips anonymousl…
Purceville Pair Charged In Leesburg Burglaries: Police Purceville Pair Charged In Leesburg Burglaries: Police
Purceville Pair Charged In Leesburg Burglaries: Police A Purceville pair has been charged in two Leesburg burglaries, authorities said. Samuel Jenkins III, 46, and Abigail Laura, 38, were identified as the pair who went into a business on North King Street around 3 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, and stealing property, Leesburg police said.  Then, on Friday, Jan. 26, the two went into a business on North Street NW around midnight, and stole more property, police said. Laura was identified as the suspect and was subsequently charged for her involvement, police said. That evening, a Leesburg officer stopped to check the welfare of a subject who wa…
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners
Newly-Minted Millionaires: Meet Virginia's New Year's $1M Lottery Winners Two Virginia residents won $1 million each playing separate lottery games. Scott Nalevanko's ticket was purchased in Leesburg while Michael Brosnan bought his in Stafford. Nalevanko usually buys several Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets, some of which he gives away as Christmas presents.  So, on New Year’s Day, when he heard that a $1 million winning ticket had been bought at the 7-Eleven on East Market Street in Leesburg, he got excited. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” he remembers thinking. The only question was, was that big winning ticket in his possessi…
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Five newly minted millionaires may be sitting on a Virginia Lottery ticket worth seven figures and might not even realize it.  Lottery officials have announced the winning numbers for Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle, which included five $1 million winners and seven $100,000 prizes. The odds of winning the million dollar prize were 1 in 125,000.  Winning million dollar tickets were sold at:  Ticket 007094: Paddy’s 32 Steakhouse & Pub on Center Street in Stafford; Ticket 125311: Wawa on Plank Road in Fredericksburg; Ticket 168420: 7-Eleven on East Market St…
Reckless Driver Behind Bars Facing Fresh Felony Charges In Virginia: Police Reckless Driver Behind Bars Facing Fresh Felony Charges In Virginia: Police
Reckless Driver Behind Bars Facing Fresh Felony Charges In Virginia: Police A man already behind bars across the country is facing new charges in Virginia after taking police in Loudoun County on a wild ride earlier this year, authorities announced. Ricardo Avilez-Blanco, 27, has been arrested in connection to a series of reckless driving incidents involving members of the Leesburg Police Department in October while posing a threat to the public.  The long day for officers began at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 when they attempted to stop a speeding white Camaro, which took off on East Market Street before stopping in the area of Heritage High School…
Woman Assaulted, Man Slashed In Leesburg Bar Fight: Police Woman Assaulted, Man Slashed In Leesburg Bar Fight: Police
Woman Assaulted, Man Slashed In Leesburg Bar Fight: Police Two people were arrested in a fight that broke out in the parking lot of a Leesburg bar overnight, police said. Joseph Smith, 32, has been charged with one count of malicious wounding while Eric Dekenipp, 39, of Lovettsville, has been charged with one count of simple assault in the 2 a.m. incident on the 500 block of East Market Street, local police said. Four adults had left the bar before an argument broke out, police said, leading to a physical fight between Dekenipp and another man. Smith subsequently joined in the altercation and slashed Dekenipp with a knife, before Dekenip…
Reckless Camaro Driver Wanted After Speeding Away From Cops In Northern Virginia 2X: Police Reckless Camaro Driver Wanted After Speeding Away From Cops In Northern Virginia 2X: Police
Reckless Camaro Driver Wanted After Speeding Away From Cops In Northern Virginia 2X: Police Police in Loudoun County are seeking a driver in a Chevrolet Camaro with Texas plates, who sped recklessly away from an officer attempting to stop him Saturday, Oct. 14. Pablo Enrique Orellana-Flores, 34, of Northern Virginia, is wanted on two felony counts of attempted malicious wounding, two felony counts of hit and run, one felony count of eluding, and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving, Leesburg police said. A Leesburg officer tried stopping Orellana-Flores in a 2016 white Camaro for speeding around 4 p.m., but he sped away west on East Market Street. Officers ultimately chose n…
Police Seize 17 Pounds Of Pot, Marijuana Products During Stop In VA Police Seize 17 Pounds Of Pot, Marijuana Products During Stop In VA
Police Seize 17 Pounds Of Pot, Marijuana Products During Stop In VA Police in Virginia busted an Arlington woman with a veritable dispensary in her car during what would have otherwise have been a routine traffic stop. Maria Yabar, 34, was stopped late on Sunday, July 9 by a member of the Leesburg Police Department, when she committed a traffic violation in the area of East Market Street and Catoctin Circle, authorities say. The officer could not have expected what he found during the subsequent stop. While interviewing Yabar on Sunday night, police say that investigators recovered more than 17 pounds of marijuana and multiple marijuana-related products i…
'Life And Death': Drunken Driver's Police Car Crash Worries Authorities In Northern VA 'Life And Death': Drunken Driver's Police Car Crash Worries Authorities In Northern VA
'Life And Death': Drunken Driver's Police Car Crash Worries Authorities In Northern VA Authorities in Loudoun County are urging motorists to move over, after one DWI driver failed to do so and slammed into a police car at the scene of an incident. Joshua Deleonardis, 33, of Paeonian Springs, struck a Leesburg police cruiser that had its lights activated while the officer was assisting a disabled vehicle on East Market Street near Crosstrail Boulevard SE, around 11 p.m. Saturday, April 29, LPD spokesman Michael Drogin said. The cruiser was unoccupied at the time of the crash and no injuries were reported. However, authorities warn a violation of Virginia's "Move Over" law is n…
Responders Rescue Teens From Burning Car Crash In Leesburg Responders Rescue Teens From Burning Car Crash In Leesburg
Responders Rescue Teens From Burning Car Crash In Leesburg A teenage driver and passengre had to be rescued from a burning car after crashing early Saturday morning, June 11.   Leesburg police say officers are investigating the circumstances around a single-vehicle crash that happened just before 3:30 a.m. on East Market Street near Battlefield Parkway. When officers arrived, they found a 2020 Dodge Challenger engulfed in flames with two teenagers trapped inside. Responders cut them from the burning wreckage and rushed them to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Leesburg police ask anyone with information about th…