Arrests in Lansdowne murder
A hat tip to The Loudoun Scoop for pointing me to a number of sources of information on the arrests made in the Lansdowne murder case here in Loudoun. The Loudoun Independent has great coverage of this as well as of the crime in general:
Residents of Lansdowne and neighboring Potomac Station may sleep a little more soundly after the news. Sources have reported to the Loudoun Independent that four suspects are in custody related to the March 22 murder of William Bennett and the brutal attack on his wife, Cynthia Bennett.
Loudoun County Sheriff Steve Simpson, Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Plowman and several local elected representatives met at a Saturday, April 25 press conference only feet away from where William Bennett’s body was discovered.
The story has details on the crime itself and the ongoing investigation. John Geddie, the writing reporter, puts a keen eye on those details and lays them out well so citizens can get up to speed on the situation.
Also at the paper’s website is a video report from the press conference Geddie mentions. It covers the Sheriff’s public address on the matter and follow-ups with the district Supervisor, Lori Waters, and Leesburg’s Police Chief Price. It’s a good, 4½ minute vid that lets you not only know the words spoken but also see the delivery by the Sheriff. Nice going, LoudounI.
Like Geddie, I am a bit concerned about the gang connections to this crime. The Sheriff has said explicitly that this wasn’t some action taken in furtherance of a gang, true, but between this and the Leesgurn Guns robbery (which also involved people related to gangs) I sense an escalation in the gangs’ abilities and aggressiveness. This is something that needs to be watched and, more, dealt with. I support the Sheriff’s effort in this regard.
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