Public Safety
The Virginia State Police, with the assistance of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, responded to an incident with a small, two-seater aircraft around 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5, in which the cockpit door ripped off in flight. The pilot, Daniel O’Brien, 63, was able to land the fixed wing single-engine aircraft safely at the Leesburg…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon, April 3, on the 20000 block of Airmont Road in Bluemont. The driver of the motorcycle, identified as Olim Dalerovich Mannonov, 22, of Reston, was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the preliminary investigation, the motorcycle was traveling north…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its inaugural candlelight vigil and reception to kick off National Crime Victims’ Rights Week on this Sunday, April 6. The event will take place at the banquet hall inside Douglass Community Center located at 407 East Market Street in Leesburg, from 6-9pm. There will be two guest speakers,…
The Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System’s annual smoke alarm program kicks off Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in neighborhoods across Loudoun County. “During a house fire, you have an average of THREE minutes to escape your home,” said Deputy Chief Micah Kiger of the Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office.…
Fairfax Radiological Consultants, PLLC formerly known as Fairfax Radiological Consultants, P.C., of Fairfax, agreed to pay $2,881,260 to settle False Claims Act allegations that it falsely reported its payroll costs to receive full forgiveness of a $6.7 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The PPP offered loans to eligible small businesses for economic relief during…
Ever Rafael Cruz, 26, appeared before the Loudoun County Circuit Court for sentencing after a jury previously convicted him of one count of Second-Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Malicious Wounding. The Honorable Stephen E. Sincavage sentenced Cruz to serve an active period of incarceration of 20 years in the Virginia Department of Corrections.…
At approximately 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center received multiple 9-1-1 calls for a reported barn fire in the 20000 block of Airmont Road in the Little River District. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue units from Round Hill, Purcellville, Philomont, and multiple command officers, as well as units from…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office continues to assist and support U.S. federal law enforcement agencies working with the Dominican National Police and others to determine the whereabouts of Sudiksha Konanki, a Loudoun County resident and student at the University of Pittsburgh, and what may have happened to her. Konanki was reported missing while vacationing in…
The Leesburg Police Department has charged a Leesburg man following an incident involving a pellet rifle that resembled a real firearm. On Saturday, March 8, at approximately 11 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance in the unit block of Royal Street SE, Leesburg. Upon arrival, they determined that Aidan S. Coffman, age 19, of Leesburg,…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect following a child abduction in Ashburn on Sunday, March 9. At approximately 7:28 p.m., deputies responded to the 43000 block of Central Station Drive after receiving reports that a 3-year-old child had been forcibly taken by an unknown male at a local restaurant. The child’s mother…