Purcellville Police Incidents Report

  PURCELLVILLE, Va. January 15, 202101/08/21         

6:04 p.m.         400 Block of E. Loudoun Valley Drive          

Keep the Peace A separated couple w/ children but no custody agreement had a dispute over visitation. The mother of the kids insisted that the father be COVID tested before she would allow them to be turned over to him. He refused to get tested, so she left the area with the kids.  She was concerned that he would break into her home, which is still jointly owned, but is no longer co-habituated. Police contacted the father and checked the home. No further police action was required. 

01/09/21          9:01 a.m.         Various Locations                                          

Suspicious Incidents           Officers responded to four locations in town where homeowners reported finding on their driveways, a plastic Ziploc bag with a rock and a note with anti-Trump rhetoric. While the notes contained profanity, there were no threats to do harm. There were similar occurrences on January 5, 2021.  

01/09/21          8:30 p.m.         Town of Purcellville                                       

Welfare Check Loudoun County School Security contacted the police after learning of a suicide threat sent via a message sent by a school issued Chromebook.  Officers spoke to both the parents and the distressed teen. The parents set up a video appointment with the teen’s therapist and officers gave them information about the crisis center in Leesburg and asked them to call back if the situation deteriorated prior to the scheduled therapy appointment. 

01/09/21          10:30 p.m.       100 Block of N. 16^th                                        

Police Information Officers responded for the report of a fight and possible gunshots. Upon arrival, the responding officers and deputies spoke with several people and responded to one apartment. No one reported hearing gunshots and none were aware of a fight. A check of the area turned up no evidence of either. 

01/11/21          4:45 a.m.         200 Block of Cenning Terrace                        

Missing Endangered Person           At 0445 Officers and Deputies responded for a missing person-endangered. His caretaker noticed him missing at 4:25, and began a desperate search of the home and the immediate area, but was unable to locate him and called the police.  A total of nine officers and deputies searched the neighborhood while a blood hound was responding from Falls Church.  The Fairfax helicopter was called but prior to its arrival, officers found the subject unresponsive in a low-lying area behind a row of townhomes.  An officer and deputy immediately started CPR and continued until medics arrived and took over.  In spite of these efforts, they were unable to revive the subject.   

01/13/21          8:15 a.m.         108 N. 21^st Street                                            

Industrial Accident           Officers responded to assist medics and learned that a subject fell approximately 15 feet from a ladder while working on the rear of the building. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office CSU responded and processed the scene. Investigators responded to the hospital with the victim, and an OSHA investigator responded to the scene. There was no indication that this was anything other than an accident.  

01/14/21          12:22 a.m.       400 Block of Browning Court                        

Unsecured Door           An officer on foot patrol was checking the security of the building and found an unlocked door.  A second officer responded and they checked the building, finding no one inside.  The owner was contacted and responded to secure the door. 

01/14/21          9:46 a.m.         100 Block of Maple Ave                                 

Suspicious Incident           A resident reported finding a plastic Ziploc bag with a rock and a note with anti-Trump rhetoric on the driveway.  While the note contained profanity, there were no threats to do harm.  There were similar occurrences on January 5 and 9, 2021.  

01/14/21          6:59 p.m.         Rugby Court                                                  

Domestic Incident           An officer responded for a verbal domestic dispute between a juvenile, who is a consumer of mental health services and a parent. Upon arrival, the officer found the juvenile sitting on the front porch. He explained the reason for his anger and indicted that the moment had passed. The officer next spoke to the parent who provided additional background and indicated that a follow up was scheduled with a therapist. No further police intervention was required.  

01/14/21          7:24 p.m.         200 Block of Upper Heyford Place                 

Suspicious Incident           An online gamer, who lives in Alabama (hence forth known as gamer #1) called the police, because a fellow online gamer, who lives in Purcellville (hence forth known as gamer #2) was receiving threats from an unknown party, likely a fellow on-line gamer (hence forth known as gamer #3).  The threats were received via text message, purportedly from a phone number that used to belong to gamer #3’s former “girlfriend” (henceforth known as girlfriend #1) a person he had never actually spoken to, but only communicated via text. She allegedly no longer has the phone number in question. While none of the parties have ever met in person, and no one knew anyone’s actual address, gamer #2, in a pique of teen bravado, provided his home address to gamer #3, to facilitate an actual real human interaction (henceforth known as a fight). 

The responding officer reviewed the “threats” and found nothing of a criminal nature. The investigating officer spoke to gamer #2’s father and suggested that gamer #2 block the phone number, and call back if he received additional messages.  He also advised gamer #2, who is 8 months shy of reaching legal majority, to stop giving out personal information to strangers.