Public Safety
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the attempted robbery of a 7-Eleven on Cascades Parkway. Shortly before 3 a.m. Jan 13, the suspect entered the convenience store in the 21900 block of Cascades Parkway where a suspect entered the store and displayed a handgun. The suspect demanded cash. The clerk attempted to open the…
An Ashburn man was arrested Jan 13, and charged for his involvement with an online scam often referred to as a romance scam. The suspect, William D. Gladden, 63, was charged with three counts of money laundering and three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses in the scheme. The investigation conducted by the Loudoun…
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…