Virginia- Former Attorneys for Prosecutor's Office say Failing to Follow Law "Tip of the Iceberg"
Concerns about the commonwealth’s attorney’s office are growing louder in Loudoun County. A county supervisor is speaking out saying the office failed to follow the law in a student sex assault case, and former attorneys from the office tell FOX 5, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj has come under fire for her handling of a case where a boy sexually assaulted a girl at one high school then was released and allowed to go to a different school where he did it again. Caleb Kershner is a Loudoun County Supervisor, but also an attorney. He ended up representing the perpetrator at the end of the case. In a Facebook post this weekend, Kershner wrote that the commonwealth’s attorney’s office was "simply unprepared to move forward with the case" within the 21-day window required by law when juveniles are held in custody. This allowed the teen to be released and to re-offend. Biberaj has blamed a delay in rape ...