Public Safety

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of one of the men believed to have been involved in an alleged armed robbery outside Dulles Town Center Monday, as well as a picture of what their vehicle might look like.

A Paeonian Springs man is being held for treatment following a two-hour barricade situation at his home last night.

A 55-year-old man has been arrested for falsifying documents and other forms of fraud in connection with a Leesburg-based business.

The last of 11 suspects wanted for a their alleged involvement in a gang-related assault that occurred in Ashburn more than four years ago is now in custody. Victor M. Hernandez-Suaza, 23, of Colombia, was arrested last Wednesday in Hamilton, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office reported today.

Loudoun County Sheriff's Office investigators and the Office of the Virginia Medical Examiner are working to determine what caused the death of a 45-year-old Sterling man who was in custody at the Adult Detention Center.

Around 3:50pm yesterday, the Loudoun County Fire-Rescue Emergency Communications Center began receiving calls for a reported house fire at 43335 Earls Court in Ashburn. Units from Moorefield, Ashburn, Lansdowne, Arcola, South Riding and Cascades were dispatched to the scene. 

Ashburn area parents should be on alert following a suspicious event Wednesday afternoon in Ashburn Farm.

Loudoun County Sheriff's Office today released a composite sketch of the man who made threatening statements to several teens at the Ashburn Shopping Plaza Jan. 22.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has appointed Loudoun County Drug Court Coordinator Michelle T. White to the state's Substance Abuse Services Council.

While not much is yet known about the details surrounding the alleged incident, social media sites Thursday evening were abuzz with reports of students caught with brownies laced with marijuana at Farmwell Station Middle School.

With a new sheriff at the helm of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, changes are expected, even welcomed. But in one area, Sheriff Mike Chapman is holding firm on the position held by the previous administration: community policing. In fact, Chapman hopes to drill down even more into the community to create a system that truly addresses each community's needs and problems.

Customs and Border Protection at Dulles Airport have made another bust of a passenger attempting to smuggle heroin into the country.

A residential sprinkler been credited with saving property in a Lansdowne townhouse last week and highlighting the importance of the systems. 

Loudoun deputies are investigating a report that a driver threatened a group of juveniles with a firearm in the parking lot of the Ashburn Shopping Plaza last night.

An Alexandria man and a teenager from Sterling have been charged in connection with the New Year's Eve armed robbery of the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Dulles.

A 20-year-old Ashburn resident has been charged in connection with the May 2011 hit and run of a pedestrian on Gloucester Parkway.

The first highway fatality of 2012 in Loudoun County occurred this morning in Ashburn.

An Ashburn man is in custody following a stabbing in the parking lot of Cedar Lake Plaza in Sterling Monday night

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and Loudoun County Public Schools are investigating the circumstances surrounding six students who were discovered to have consumed alcohol during the day Thursday at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School.

Following the ruling of a Circuit Court judge that prevents the county government from using the property it purchased in Little River Farms for the construction of the new Aldie Fire Station, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday emerged from closed session to direct staff members to begin the process of finding a new site.

A 24-year-old man wanted for fleeing law enforcement authorities Friday has been apprehended.

Loudoun County Sheriff-Elect Mike Chapman announced some personnel changes in the sheriff's office Tuesday, as he introduced his executive leadership team.

A 49-year-old woman has been arrested for attempted robbery of a Leesburg bank Tuesday morning. The suspect is the same woman convicted of a similar robbery in Sterling in six years ago.

Two months following her arrest, a federal grand jury today indicted a 41-year-old Sterling woman on charges of murder for hire and solicitation of murder in connection with an alleged plot to kill a woman she believed was involved with her boyfriend.