Leesburg News

Top By Hannah Hager Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror FRIDAY, JULY 10 2009 UPDATED FRIDAY, JULY 10 2009 A manhunt for a jewelry store robber ended up as a hostage situation when the robber held an elderly couple in their Leesburg home July 10.

A helicopter hovered overhead, streets were blocked and police officers ran through downtown Leesburg with rifles after an armed robbery just before noon July 10.

On July 7, Leesburg Police charged a 39-year-old Leesburg man with aggravated sexual battery of a child younger than 13.

When "Someday" Becomes Today Putting down a beloved horse or dealing with a newly deceased one can be an enormously traumatic experience.

The Dulles Greenway is rapidly losing commuters but increasing its revenue because its remaining drivers are paying up to $1 more to use the 14-mile private toll road.

Luigi Peracchia was arrested in March by State Police acting on a warrant issued by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Department.

More than 120 young musicians of the International Youth Orchestras will be performing at Ida Lee Park, Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling, Claude Moore Park, Reston Town Center and Franklin Park over the 4th of July weekend.

On June 25, seven people graduated from the La Voz of Loudoun Leadership and Community Development Program.

Tampering with a Vehicle: Between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 7:10 a.m. Thursday, someone entered a vehicle in the 43270 block of Swamp Fox Court in Ashburn and removed change.

Larceny: Between 11 p.m. and 11:10 p.m. Monday, someone entered a vehicle in the 22700 block of Holiday Park Drive in Sterling and removed a GPS unit.

Police on Friday identified the bodies as those of 22-year-old Abdul Doraney and 20-year-old Asad Nabatzahi, both of Leesburg, Va.

Authorities are investigating two cases of auto theft in Sterling and a case of exposure in Ashburn, according to a daily report by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

A former pastor has been charged with having inappropriate contact with three Loudoun teenagers.

Two Virginia men remain unaccounted for after attempting to swim in the Potomac River on Sunday afternoon, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials.

ALEXANDRIA,A Va. An organization representing the countrya s independent pharmacies took its advocacy of drug disposal programs to Congress Thursday.

But state officials started submitting lists of shovel-ready projects to the federal government last month after the other 49 states had.

It's summer in Loudoun, and that means time for the fair. Time for the fair means time for four stalwart supporters of youth activities to get ready to pucker up for the porker.

State senator Creigh Deeds won Loudoun handily -- and the rest of Virginia -- in an election that was widely predicted to be a close race.

Until and unless health care reform finally arrives, there's little choice but to grit your teeth and pay up when the doctor's bill arrives.

Leesburg Police are investigating a possible attempted child abduction in town June 11.