Crime & Safety
Woman Hospitalized After Stabbing In Sterling
A woman was hospitalized after being stabbed Thursday night in the 21000 block of Stanford Square: Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
STERLING, VA — A woman was hospitalized after being stabbed Thursday night in the 21000 block of Stanford Square, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The suspect, Robert F. Jenkins III, 19, of Sterling, fled the scene before police arrived but later was arrested in southwest Virginia. He was charged with malicious wounding and two counts of abduction.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m., police responded to the scene for a reported stabbing. They found the victim, who was transported to a local hospital with injuries not thought to be life threatening. Jenkins was later located in Blacksburg and was held at the Montogmery County Courthouse pending his return to Loudoun County.
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