Public Safety
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has announced the commencement of its 51st Citizens’ Police Academy on March 7. This session will begin the 26th year of fostering community engagement by helping citizens better understand law enforcement operations in Loudoun County. Since its inception, over 1,200 members of the community have graduated from the LCSO’s Citizens’…
The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Emergency Communications Center has been recognized by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch® (IAED TM ) as an Accredited Center for Excellence for emergency medical, and emergency fire dispatching. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue is the 328 th Medical ACE and 72 nd Fire ACE in the world. IAED…
By Audrey Carpenter The first of four people charged in connection with setting fires inside the former Westpark conference center pled guilty Jan. 18 in Loudoun County Circuit Court. Marco Alexander Mendoza Monjaras, of Leesburg, pled guilty to one felony count of arson and one felony count of burglary for entering the vacant clubhouse the…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Broadlands man with Trespassing and Wearing a Mask on Private Property following an investigation into a series of suspicious incidents that occurred on the 15000 block of Berlin Turnpike in Purcellville. Reyan H. Ibrahim, 25, was charged with Trespassing and Wearing a Mask on Private Property. Property owners reported that…
Ross Phifer, 82, of Massachusetts, has been charged with one count of reckless driving. The charge stems from a Nov. 25, 2023, early morning crash in the area of the Leesburg Public Safety Center (65 Plaza Street NE) involving an adult male pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle. The preliminary investigation determined that a…
Three Virginia residents and one Maryland resident pleaded guilty this week to illegally hunting dozens of migratory wood ducks over a baited pond in Middleburg, after the owner of the property previously pleaded guilty to baiting the pond in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. According to court documents, beginning in August 2022 and…
At 9:22 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, Virginia State Police responded to a tractor-trailer that had stopped out on the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Route 267 at the Exit 2 ramp for Battlefield Parkway. The tractor-trailer had pulled over to due to heavy smoke coming from the rear axle of the trailer. The…
The driver of the vehicle that was shot at after striking a dog on Jan. 10, has come forward, and no charges are being filed against him. The dog was unleashed when it ran into the roadway and has been treated by a local veterinarian. Original Release LCSO Seeks Public Assistance in Shooting Investigation The…
Loudoun County, VA (January 11, 2024) – Two Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Deputies were injured after being struck by an oncoming vehicle while responding to an unrelated crash on Watson Road in Leesburg. Two deputies of the LCSO Motor Unit were driving towards a crash on Watson Road near Manber Lane when they were struck…
By Audrey Carpenter The Leesburg Police Department continues to investigate an overnight burglary at Loudoun Guns (302 Industrial Court SE, #F, Leesburg) that occurred Jan 4. Officers initially responded to the area at shortly before 4 a.m. for a report of a loud noise, believed to be a vehicle striking a building. Once on scene,…