Public Safety
The Leesburg Police Department Criminal Investigations Section is investigating a malicious wounding that occurred July 22. On July 22, 2021 at approximately 10:45 p.m., Leesburg Police Dispatchers were called in reference to a stabbing in the 200 Block of Meadows Lane, NE. Police units responded and found a 16-year-old male victim suffering from a cut…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance to help locate two teenagers who are believed to be together. Justin A. Lara, 16, and Yanira G. Vidal, 15, are both from the Sterling area. The two were reported missing last night and left their homes on their own accord. Justin was last…
07/03/21 11:22 a.m. 800 Block of Kinvarra Place Harassment The complainant has been the recipient of unwanted text messages and work place visits from an ex-boyfriend. The messages are never threatening in nature but have persisted even after the complainant blocked her ex’s phone number. She was not desirous of prosecution at this time.…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the rape of an underage teenager that occurred in the Sterling area on June 12. Loudoun Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a report of a sexual assault that occurred in the 20000 block of Hawick Terrace in Sterling on June 12, 2021. The teenage victim reported that…
A Round Hill man has been charged in the July 3 homicide at a home in the Stoneleigh Community. Stone L. Colburn, 23, is charged with Second Degree Murder and Unlawfully, Stab, Cut, Wound in the Commission of Felony. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the 17800 block of Stoneleigh Drive…
Battlefield Parkway reopened to traffic; signal at Cardinal Park Drive removed; project work continues through Fall 2021 State and local leaders celebrated a milestone in improvements at Rt. 7 (East Market Street) and Battlefield Parkway in Leesburg, cutting the ribbon on a new interchange and removing the final traffic signal from Berryville to Sterling, aiming…
The Purcellville Police Department has their newest officer, Nelson Fernandez. Officer Fernandez graduated from the 144th session of the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy on Monday, June 14. A formal swearing-in ceremony was held later that afternoon at the Purcellville Town Hall in the Council Chambers. Fernandez was sworn in by Clerk of the Circuit…
05/30/21 8:45 a.m. S. 20th and A. Street DUI An officer on patrol stopped a vehicle traveling 52 mph in a 25 mph zone. Upon approach to the vehicle, he noted an odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from the driver. The driver failed a battery of standardized field sobriety tests and was arrested. Arrested was:…
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is calling on all Virginians to prepare now for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June 1 and lasts through November 30. The beginning of hurricane season is the ideal time for Virginians to learn their risk for inland or coastal flooding, find out which evacuation zone they are in,…
The Purcellville Police Department will host another Pop(sicle) with a Cop event on Saturday, June 19, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the United Bank located at 440 East Main Street. Based on the traditional “Coffee with a Cop” events, which encourage community members to engage in conversations with police…