Purcellville

Eight hundred and sixty-one students from Harmony Intermediate School and Loudoun Valley High School were polled regarding school colors and mascot for Woodgrove High School, set to open for the start of the 2010-2011 school year in Purcellville. Students selected the “Wolverines” as the school mascot and school colors of navy blue, green and white for the new western Loudoun high school, according to the announcement last week from Woodgrove HS Principal Ric Gauriloff.

The incident remains under investigation and charges in the case are pending, according to a press release issued by the Sheriff's Office.

But it exists, even in some of the safest communities in the world, including Loudoun County. This edition of the Underbelly investigates the past four years of Loudoun homicide.

Loudoun residents were subjected to two murders during 2006.

Deja Vu (Hit and Run)

Aug 21, 4:30 p.m.

Charles Allen Stone, 69, of Purcellville, was charged with second-degree assault and fourth degree sex offense for allegedly making sexual contact with an undercover police officer.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police conducted the sting operation that nabbed the men at Gambrill State Park in Frederick County. The arrests took place between Aug. 10 and 14, according to police.

Burglary

July 29, 3:25 a.m.

An unknown subject attempted to gain entry to a home at the 46900 block of Shady Point Sq. by cutting a window screen.

 

Exposure

July 28, 4:30 p.m.

Erlinda Martinez, 14, has been missing since July 17. There was no indication of trouble before she left home, and she is believed to be in the Sterling or Herndon area, where she has been reportedly seen in the area of Briar Patch Park.

The filing of capital murder charges by Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman in connection with the brutal attack on a Lansdowne couple in March 2009 has raised awareness about the “ultimate punishment” meted out by the criminal justice system, as well as the rarity it has actually been imposed.

Armed Robbery

July 8, 9:00 p.m.