Public Safety
01/02/21 7:19 p.m. 600 Block of Elliot Drive Trespassing A relative who was neither invited nor allowed arrived at a residence, laying on the front sidewalk. At the request of the homeowners, papers banning the subject from the residence was completed. The subject left without incident. 01/03/21 3:15 p.m. 1211 Wolf Rock Drive …
11:04 p.m. 100 Block of North 16th Street Hit and Run The complainant was inside his residence and heard a loud crash in the parking lot. Looking out, he observed a grey Cadillac leaving the area and saw that the striking vehicle apparently pushed one of the complaints parked car into his other parked car. …
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman has announced, “Loudoun Leads”, a public safety initiative to increase transparency and enhance collaboration with government entities such as Mental Health and Substance Abuse along with an expanded number of community-based stakeholders. While the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has been recognized nationally for its leadership in mental health and Crisis…
PURCELLVILLE, Va., December 30, 2020 – While many people are eager to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, the Purcellville Police Department would like to warn the public about several emerging fraud schemes related to these vaccines. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has recently received an increase in complaints of scammers using the public’s interest in COVID-19 vaccines to…
Loudoun County, VA (December 29, 2020) – A Maryland man was arrested on Monday and charged in connection with a pet scam where a Loudoun County resident paid over $1,000 for a kitten she never received. The suspect, Junior Perkins A. Tako, 25, was charged with money laundering in the scheme. The investigation conducted by the…
12/20/20 12:57 a.m. 200 Block of Croft Square Overdose Police responded with medics for a possible overdose. A subject in medical distress initially denied then admitted to ingesting and possessing fentanyl. As there were children in the residence, he told the officer where he could find the stash of the drug. It was…
12/13/20 6:42 p.m. 100 Block of S. Maple Avenue Check on Welfare Police received a call from a relative concerned that an elderly town resident was unable to care for herself and was being ignored by her adult daughter. Police had received the same complaint earlier in the year and conducted an investigation with…
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 the Loudoun County Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the identity of the victim from Sunday’s house fire as 58-year-old Lynne McKew. The official cause of death remains under investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Just before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 13, 2020, Loudoun County…
Subsequent to an investigation into a reported armed carjacking and abduction that occurred over the weekend, a 16 year old male was taken into custody last night and charged with attempted robbery, attempted malicious wounding, abduction, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The teenager, whose name cannot be released because…
12/04/20 6:57 p.m. 1000 Main Street Larceny The complainant was shopping on November 23, 2020 and left her iPhone on the counter while checking out. She called the store to see if they had it. They did not and promised to check the store security videos to see if they captured this on…