Public Safety
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting along Davis Drive in Sterling, where a subject discharged a firearm at a vehicle. There were no injuries reported. The victim reported the incident to law enforcement shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, Feb. 15, and it was determined the shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. The…
02/04/22 12:27 a.m. 300 Block of E. Main Street DUI- Drugs An officer observed a vehicle traveling on Main Street extremely slowly, displaying an expired temporary registration, and stopped the car. The driver exhibited signs of drug intoxication and admitted to smoking marijuana before driving. He was run through a battery of field sobriety…
The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office is reminding citizens that open burning is restricted in Loudoun County between Feb. 15 and April 30. The regulations, which prohibit open air fires, or open burning as it is commonly referred to, between the hours of midnight and 4 p.m., are enforced by the Loudoun County…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single-vehicle crash that took the life of a Sterling teenager. The driver, 19-year-old Cristopher A. Lavayen, was traveling on Russell Branch Parkway in the area of Kincora Drive around 9 p.m. Friday night when the 2020 Ford Mustang he was driving left the roadway. The vehicle traveled…
The Leesburg Police Department Traffic Management Unit is investigating a serious crash that occurred yesterday evening. On Feb. 2, shortly after 6 p.m., Leesburg Police Dispatchers received reports of a crash in the area of the Leesburg Public Safety Center (65 Plaza Street NE) involving two adult female pedestrians who were struck by a vehicle.…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance to help identify a subject involved in the overnight robbery of a Sterling convenience store. Around 2:40 a.m. on Feb. 3, the subject walked into the 7-Eleven in the 46600 block of Algonkian Parkway and demanded money. The subject implied he had a firearm…
The investigation remains underway by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office into the fatal shootings of two officers on the Bridgewater College campus Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. The incident began at approximately 1:20 p.m. Tuesday when a Bridgewater College Police Officer and a Bridgewater College Campus Safety Officer responded to…
01/07/22 10:22 a.m. 700 Block of W. Main Street Adult in Need of Services Officers responded with rescue units to a location to check on the well-being of an elderly couple. It was determined that a man removed his wife, who is suffering from a variety of ailments, including Alzheimer’s, from a nursing home…
12/24/21 8:40 a.m. 4100 Block of E. Main Street Trespassing The complaint reported that on December 23, 2021 at 3:18 p.m., he observed, via his ring doorbell, a subject on his porch, looking into a box on the front porch. The investigating officer had an inkling as to who the subject may have been…
In the event of below-freezing temperatures this winter season, the Leesburg Department of Utilities offers the following tips to prevent frozen pipes: Be sure pipes in unheated parts of your home, including crawl spaces, are insulated. Remove hoses from outside faucets and be sure they are drained and shut off. Advise all household members where…