Sheriff's Office

Sheriff’s deputies responded to Ned Devines at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The stabbing occurred shortly before—apparently initiated when the victim confronted the suspect for allegedly making advances towards his girlfriend and touching her inappropriately on the dance floor. A fight broke out between the two and the victim was stabbed.

The suspect in the assault is described as a black male, 5 feet 7 inches with a thin build.

The unidentified victim was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital. He is expected to fully recover from his injuries.

The suspect was armed at the time of the robbery – which took place shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Sunoco gas station in the Ashburn Shopping Plaza.

During the robbery, the suspect allegedly demanded cash from the attendant and threatened two customers inside the store.

He was described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall with a thin build. At the time of the incident, he was seen wearing blue jeans, a dark-colored baseball cap and a gray shirt.

While full details of the attack remain undisclosed, the deputies with the Loudoun Sheriff's Office are investigating a double-shooting that occurred at a home on Irish Corner Road near Lovettsville. The Sheriff's Office believes that the suspect, Barry L. Gates, 45, of Leesburg, entered the home around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, Oct. 27. 

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred around 11 p.m. on the 310 block of Avondale Drive in the Sugarland Run section of the county.

A witness described the peeping tom as being a Hispanic male, 5'9" tall, weighing about 180 pounds and having facial hair. He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Of the $197 million the county paid its employees last year, $11 million was in overtime pay, with the vast majority of that coming from the Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management, according to a Loudoun Independent review of government compensation. Since the government has no say on how teachers and other schools staff are paid, the review did not include the school system.

A customer attempting to buy gas Thursday at 1:43 a.m. at the Sunoco on Pigeon Hill Drive was approached by two unknown men. One of the men pulled a firearm from his waistband and took the victim’s wallet and its contents.

Authorities were called after a man came into the emergency room of INOVA Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne with stab wounds.

According to what the victim told investigators, at about 8:30 p.m. he was in his vehicle at the 300 block of South Sterling Boulevard when he was then approached by several unknown male suspects, who verbally attacked the man. The victim got out of the car and a fight ensued, during which the victim received a laceration. The victim could only identify his attackers as Hispanic.

On Sept. 3, the Leesburg Police Department, assisted by members of the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force and Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit, executed nine search warrants and made six criminal arrests in follow-up of a gang-related incident on Aug. 12.

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.

If only television plotlines were as riveting as the drama unfolding in Loudoun: “Couple attacked in Lansdowne,” “Lowes Island party turns deadly,” “Sterling woman fights off attacker.”

Still, despite the recent litany of headline-worthy felonies, crime in Loudoun is actually down.

According to new numbers from the Sheriff’s Office, most categories of offenses in Loudoun saw significant drop-offs the first half of this year compared to January through June of 2008.