Wanted Subject William Thomas Apprehended

By LoudounExtra.com staff

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

On Wednesday, 22 July 2009, Mr. William "Martin" Thomas, of Middleburg, was taken into custody during a joint arrest operation conducted by the Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigations Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Middleburg Police Department.

Thomas was stopped and arrested without incident on the Loudoun/Fauquier County line after his vehicle was observed at a Middleburg gas station.

A federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Thomas for two counts of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises, and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.

Thomas was transported to the Alexandria City Adult Detention Center early Thursday morning and later transferred to the custody of the United States Marshals Service.

Thomas' illegal activities were discovered during the investigation of a series of commercial burglaries in downtown Middleburg for which Thomas' nephew, Anthony Roberts, and a juvenile co-defendant are charged. Roberts and the juvenile are currently held on these charges. Roberts is also held on the burglary and larceny of numerous firearms from Loudoun Guns in Leesburg in April.

Because of the wide geographic area covered during the Roberts crime spree a coordinated investigation by the Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Leesburg Police, and Middleburg Police was established to investigate the Middleburg burglaries, Thomas' drug activities, and the Loudoun Guns burglary.

Tagged: crime, Loudoun Sheriff's Office, Middleburg, police

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