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mahatmakanejeeves

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6. LCPS issues response to newly-surfaced sexual assault allegations
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 02:15 PM
Oct 2021

I thought the Loudoun Times-Mirror paywalled articles, but they let you read three for free every month.

LCPS issues response to newly-surfaced sexual assault allegations

Times-Mirror Staff Report Oct 13, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago

Updated Information (as of 1:24 p.m.)

In a text message Wednesday evening, Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj (D) confirmed to the Times-Mirror that the suspect in both the May 28 assault and the Oct. 6 assault is the same 15-year-old boy. ... He was released on supervised release program and on an electronic monitor on July 27, according to Biberaj.

Biberaj said the teenager, then 14, was charged in June for the bathroom assault after DNA samples were submitted to the Department of Forensic Science for analysis. Later, petitions and detention order was obtained, she said. ... The teenager is being held in the Juvenile Detention Center and due in court on Oct. 25.

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) issued a statement on Thursday stating she is praying for the victims and families, and urged people to pray for all the families and all survivors of sexual assault. ... "I'm praying for the victims and their families,” Randall said in her letter.

No matter the relationships, sexual assault is a heinous crime, and one that can take a victim years to work through," she said. "There will never be a time when I don't stand with victims. ... Randall’s full statement is embedded in this article.

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No longer have Reform Schools? multigraincracker Oct 2021 #1
An institutional detention center. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #2
Not questioning the assaults, but I am questioning the story that he was wearing a skirt. Anyone chia Oct 2021 #3
That's not in this story Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #5
But it is part of the story. I don't want it used by the right to further their anti-trans agenda chia Oct 2021 #19
so far, everything the victim's father has said is true janterry Oct 2021 #9
I don't either, but did the victim actually say that, that's what I don't know. I agree with chia Oct 2021 #20
That is precisely what is alleged in the Smith's Title IX lawsuit janterry Oct 2021 #21
My personal preference Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #4
This is a VERY disturbed person janterry Oct 2021 #7
I agree Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #8
they almost blamed her janterry Oct 2021 #10
Too much liability for a hospital, and not fair to staff and patients. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #11
Juvenile detention Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #12
Most pediatric inpatient psych units are not equipped to deal with kids who are sexually violent. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #13
The kid is 15 right now janterry Oct 2021 #14
The article I read did not mention the gender issues. But yes if this is the case, it would be Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #15
I don't think it could be done janterry Oct 2021 #16
Right. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #17
LCPS issues response to newly-surfaced sexual assault allegations mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #6
And here's what LCPS said: "Once a matter has been reported to law enforcement, LCPS does not ..." mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #18
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