LCSO: Suspicious Package in Sterling Deemed Harmless

The Sheriff's Office has cleared the scene and reopened Cascades Parkway.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and the Loudoun County Bomb Squad have deemed a harmless a package in Sterling that earlier today prompted their response to Cascades Parkway near Esterbrook Circle. Cascades has been reopened after being closed during the investigation. On Thursday, a bomb threat at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg also proved to be non-credible.

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Chris Summers

8:40 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The bomb in Boston just happen so they were just being careful for our safety, now calm down because if that was a bomb then what would happen? innocent people would be dead. now stop over reacting.   more ›

LCSO Investigates Suspicious People Approaching Children

Sheriff's office says weekend cases are not related, but are being investigated; deputies need residents' help.

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating two separate cases in which a suspicious person has approached a child and offered them a ride in their vehicle. LCSO says the cases are not believed to be related, but they are both being investigated as suspicious. The first case was reported Friday by a 12-year-old girl in Ashburn, who was walking around 2:30 p.m. in the area of Bruceton Mills Circle and Lemon Tree Place when she said a small, tan four-door passenger car pulled up alongside her. The driver, a middle-aged woman with blonde hair, began talking to the girl and then asked her if she wanted to get into the vehicle. The girl declined and went home. The second case was reported around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, when a child walking …

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Public Safety

LCSO Detective on Leave after DWI Charge

ID not released on 10-year member of the agency alleged to have struck parked vehicles.

Deputies charged a 10-year employee of Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office with driving while intoxicated Saturday after an incident at the Lansdowne Town Center. Deputies initially responded to the area at approximately 12:30 a.m. after a possibly intoxicated male reportedly attempted to leave in a vehicle. When deputies arrived, they identified the suspect as an undercover detective in LCSO’s Criminal Investigations Division. He is alleged to have struck two parked vehicles. The suspect was driving his personal vehicle, not a county-issued vehicle. The name of the officer was not released. An LCSO press release stated that the reason for not reporting the name is because “this is both a criminal and personnel matter, and because of safety …

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Public Safety

LCSO Launches New Website

Sheriff Chapman calls change attempt to deliver better service to Loudoun residents.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that it has launched a new website aimed at improving outreach and communication. The website, sheriff.loudoun.gov, enables residents to report certain crimes online, including larceny from vehicles, identity theft and vandalism. The online reporting system is not intended for emergency cases or if a crime is in progress or just occurred. The website features a Community Resource Directory enabling to help residents find resources for health and human services, helps residents find the nearest LCSO station and provides maps of LCSO station service areas. Press releases and other information released from the sheriff’s office will also be uploaded to the site. A crime-reporting map is …

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Ashburn Teen Loses His Life in Accident

Alieu Kamara, 19, was pronounced dead on the scene following a serious accident in the 21700 block of Evergreen Mills Road, on Tuesday. This is the second accident in two weeks that has take someone's life in Leesburg.

Another life has been lost due to a serious accident in the 21700 block of Evergreen Mills Road, in Leesburg, on Tuesday, May 8.  Loudoun County deputies responded to the area, just north of the Goose Creek Bridge, shortly after 1 p.m. Ashburn resident Alieu Kamara, 19, was pronounced dead on the scene. Upon investigation, deputies learned that, for unknown reasons, Kamara drove his 2004 Nissan Altima off the right side of the road. The Nissan, which was headed South, struck a parked, disabled 1963 Fabuglas 15-foot boat which was on a single-axle trailer on the highway shoulder with a flat tire.  The Nissan continued to cross the centerline of the highway into the northbound lane, directly into the path of a northbound 2003 Volvo 5-axle …

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Prescription Take-Back Day This Saturday

Law enforcement agencies in Loudoun County will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Town of Leesburg Police Department and the Town of Purcellville Police Department have once again partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Law enforcement agencies in Loudoun County will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Locations are as follows: According to Master Police Officer Christopher Tidmore, law enforcement agencies collected nearly 200 pounds unused and unwanted prescription drugs last year. Around 90 pounds were collected at the Leesburg site, he said.   As a former Special Agent with…

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LCSO Investigates Reported Attempted Armed Robbery

Two men, in their early twenties, brandished a firearm and demanded cash from someone at the Dulles Town Center Monday morning.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported armed robbery that occurred Monday morning in the parking lot of the Dulles Town Center.                Around 6:28 a.m., Loudoun Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 21100 block of the Dulles Town Circle in Sterling for a reported brandishing of a firearm. After interviewing the victim, it was determined the incident was an attempted armed robbery.                During the incident two unknown males approached the victim in an older model dark colored Chevrolet pick-up with a possible right broken taillight. One of the suspects brandished a firearm and demanded cash. Both suspects were described as Black males in their early twenties wearing dark colored hooded sweatshirts. …

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Suspicious Object Removed From Sterling Community

LCSO, fire marshal respond to incident on Manning Square; item resembled ‘pipe bomb’

  Loudoun deputies evacuated residents in the area of Manning Square in Sterling Friday afternoon after someone found what appeared to be a pipe bomb in a common area, according to a report from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. A caller reported the object to the LCSO shortly after 1 p.m. Dec. 23. Members of the Loudoun Fire Marshal’s Office reported to the scene along with deputies. LCSO deputies evacuated homes considered to be in the danger zone while fire marshal personnel searching for the device located a 12-inch pipe with caps on each end, according to the report. Fire marshal personnel determined the situation should be handled as an EOD, or explosive ordnance disposal, event. The device was found near a parking area where …

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LCSO Responds to Story about El-Atari Release

Spokesman defends jail workers, explains calculation of time served.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement today, Aug. 3, in response to a Washington Post story regarding the release of Osama M. El-Atari from the Loudoun Adult Detention Center in March 9, 2007. The story juxtaposed the timing of campaign contributions from El-Atari to Loudoun County Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson with El-Atari's release date. While the LCSO cannot respond regarding the sheriff's campaign or contributions to it, LCSO spokesman Kraig Troxell said he believed the Post story did not fairly explain how time served is calculated. Troxell said he believes El-Atari served his two days in jail as it is calculated by the Loudoun jail and peer law enforcement jurisdictions. “We had tried to explain this to the Washington …

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