Despite a deep recession that might have spurred thoughts of criminal activities among some desperate souls, crime, for the most part, in Loudoun County was down in 2009.
Accumulated using data provided by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Highlights include an assault at Broad Run High School and a burglary in Ashburn.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man in a surveillance video who allegedly robbed a residence in Purcellville at gunpoint on Sept. 15, taking the wallet, cash and a credit card of an Ashburn resident, and later fraudulently used the credit card at a store in Purcellville.
Jasper “Jack” Watkins spent the first seven years of his afterlife nameless–his remains found stuffed in a trunk and left near a trash can along Route 340 in Loudoun County in May 1996.
Four men were walking along Sugarland Run Drive when they were approached by three other men who displayed what appeared to be a firearm, and demanded their money.
Another Baltimore man was arrested this week -- allegedly linked to a bank robbery on May 29. Police couldn't yet say whether or not the arrest was linked to William Spencer's arrest on July 10 for his alleged Leesburg crime spree.