Public Safety
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…
Purcellville Police Report, May 28, 2021 05/21/21 9:20 p.m. 105 Purcellville Gateway Police Information The complainant arrived at the Purcellville Police Department to report an incident that occurred in the Harris Teeter parking lot. He reported that as he was backing into a parking spot he struck a black crossover SUV that was behind…
By Valerie Cury At a May 26 press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, law enforcement officials announced the completion of the largest drug bust in Loudoun County history. The operation stemmed from an investigation that began in Loudoun in 2017. In February 2020, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office detectives assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration…
The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the May 19 house fire in Ashburn was accidental, resulting from a mechanical malfunction in the air handler system, a component of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system located in the attic. Just after 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center received multiple…
PURCELLVILLE, Va. May 14, 202105/07/21 9:26 a.m. – 410 W. Main Street – Found Property – A concerned resident reporting finding a bike, apparently abandoned in the bushes in front of 410 W. Main Street. The responding officer knocked on the door of the residence but no one was home. The bike was collected by…