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[ Vol. 4, No. 41 ]
[ loudounnow.com ]
[ August 29, 2019 ]
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Johnson Gets 74 Years in Deputy Shootings BY PATRICK SZABO
Bowden said he knew it would be difficult to get out of the District 16 tournament, with teams from Loudoun and Fauquier counties in July, after an early loss moved them to the losers’ bracket. The team battled back and beat Loudoun South National twice to advance to the state tournament, where they went undefeated. Still, Bowden said he didn’t dream they could win regionals—where Loudoun South lost in the finals last year. But when they beat defending regional champs Peachtree City, GA in a hard-fought
A U.S. Army combat veteran who shot two Loudoun deputies during a December 2017 domestic dispute in Sterling will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Following about an hour of deliberation, a 12-member Circuit Court jury Tuesday evening sentenced Douglas Johnson, 41, to 74 years in prison, the minimum sentence for the 11 felonies of which he was con- Johnson victed earlier that day. The jury handed him 40 years for two counts of attempted capital murder; 10 years for two counts of malicious wounding; 18 years for two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of attempted capital murder and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of malicious wounding; and six years for three counts of maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building. He faced a maximum sentence of two life sentences plus an additional 88 years. On Christmas Eve 2017, Loudoun deputies Katherine Fischer, Tim Iversen, and Justin Nyce responded to a domestic dispute call at a residence on Augusta Drive in Sterling. That dispute involved Johnson, who at the time had a top-secret security clearance and worked as a deputy senior operations officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and his then-19-year-old daughter, Anise. After determining that Johnson was the primary aggressor, the deputies resolved to arrest him. That decision upset Johnson, prompting him to jump into his closet, grab a 1911 .45-caliber handgun and fire it three times, hitting Iversen in his arm and both legs and Fischer in her leg. The entire altercation was captured in audio and video recordings that were played for the jury. While Deputy Commonwealth’s Attor-
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From left, Loudoun South players Chase Triplett, Justin Lee, Liam Thyen and Matt Colemann sign a state-champion jersey during a team gathering at the Social House in South Riding on Monday night.
Loudoun South Celebrates Remarkable World Series Run BY NORMAN K. STYER After a remarkable 85-day run that took them to the national stage at the Little League World Series, the players— and coaches—of the Loudoun South American All-Star team saw their lives return to normal this week. Following Thursday’s disappointing loss in the U.S. semifinals to the ultimate World Series champions, Eastbank Little League of River Ridge, LA, the kids were back in school Monday morning. That evening, they gathered at the Social House in South Riding—the same venue where team supporters had been meet-
ing for World Series watch parties—for one last round of interviews in front of the television cameras. Plans are in the works for a larger community celebration on Sept. 14. On Monday night, the competitive spirit that carried the team to the height of their sport was still on display as the kids challenged each other in corn hole and tested their courage tasting the Social House’s famously hot wings. Head Coach Alan Bowden, whose father, Royce, competed in the Little League World Series as a player 65 years ago, said the team’s journey was an unlikely one.
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