Posted on 04/28/2009 10:01:24 PM PDT by freespirited
Two men with possible gang affiliations have been charged with capital murder and two other suspects are expected to be charged in the beating death of a Loudoun County man during a morning stroll with his wife last month, authorities said yesterday. The attack was a "random robbery gone bad," Loudoun Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson said.
Police began to home in on the four suspects while executing search warrants in connection with a flurry of burglaries, robberies and assaults in Loudoun County. Some suspects appear to be either members of or associated with a regional street gang, but it does not appear that the attacks were part of a gang initiation or ritual, authorities said.
Darwin G. Bowman, 18, of Annandale, and a 17-year-old male from Sterling were charged with murder in the killing of William Bennett near his Landsdowne home, the sheriff's office said.
Anthony R. Roberts, 20, of Middleburg, has not been charged in Bennett's killing, the office said. Roberts is being held on charges that he burglarized Loudoun Guns on April 15 in Leesburg. A fourth adult male suspect in the Bennett case, an unidentified 18-year-old from Sterling, is also in custody on unrelated charges.
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I heard that they caught these bastards a couple of days ago. I’ve been seeing signs up all over the place in store windows since the murders. Heard that these were totally random murders. These SOBs need to be made an example of.
The perps.
I'm sure this was just a "random" robbery. If I wanted a big haul, I'm sure I would target an older couple walking their dog in the early morning hours. I'm sure I'd get a lot of cash, jewelry, electronics. Certainly no gang initiation or racial motives are even possible.
Sounds so innocent.
Yeah. Unlike all those other random robberies that stayed good, right?
Put me on the jury.
the intelligensia.....
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