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Joseph DelPrete said Friday that the 49-year-old is a suspect in the ongoing investigation of a mid-July 2014 burglary there. The home of John and Karen Gamble was broken into and a laptop computer stolen while the couple was vacationing in Kennebunkport, ME, DelPrete said. The trip was paid for by someone who wanted to remain anonymous, and it came a year after the death of the couple’s son, Jared. So investigators believe that the elder Gambles were lured away Continued on Page 24
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commissioner and Loudoun Water board member, is charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, causing false records to obstruct a contemplated investigation, causing the submission of false campaign expenditure reports to the Federal Election Commission, and engaging in a scheme to make false statements to the FEC in that case. Reached last week, he said he couldn’t speak about the federal case because of a gag order instituted by the court. Kesari has not been charged in the Rhode Island incident, but Glocester, RI, Police Chief
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department is investigating Kesari in connection with the theft case. The federal investigation revealed the concealment of payments to former Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson, who switched his support in the GOP nomination contest from then-Rep. Michele Bachmann to Paul. Sorenson secretly negotiated with Kesari, John M. Tate, of Warrenton, and Jesse R. Benton, of Louisville, KY, to make the move in exchange for more than $70,000, authorities said. Kesari, a former Loudoun County planning
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As 15 breweries—and counting—have popped up in Loudoun, a movement of food trucks has followed. A symbiotic relationship has formed between the breweries (as well as wineries and distilleries) and the eateries on wheels eager to serve hungry patrons. Rick Allison and his Pittsburgh Rick’s Food truck frequents the county’s brewery circuit. See story, Page 34.
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anda Power Funds ceremonially broke ground Thursday on a natural-gas power plant that will provide electricity for up to 778,000 homes and generate $7.1 billion to the area’s economy in its first 10 years. “This project is about as nice as they come. It’s almost a perfect fit for the community,” Panda Power Funds President and Senior Partner Todd W. Carter said. “Everything about this project from efficiency and clean energy to tax revenue is great. It will infuse a lot of money into the local economy.” The 778-megawatt facility near Leesburg Executive Airport also will create 800 construction jobs and 30 full-time jobs once operations begin in 2017. It was a bit of a stretch to call the Aug. 6 event a groundbreaking—construction has been underway for several months. How-
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