new gang activity in ashburn?

http://www.leesburg2day.com/current.cfm?catid=6&newsid=9532

Sep 22, 2004 -- The Loudoun Sheriff’s Office is still trying to determine if an attack of two teenagers Sunday near Parkhurst Plaza in Ashburn was gang-related. One of the suspects has been identified as being a member of the Sterling Park Crew gang.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Kraig Troxell said that a 17-year old boy and 16-year-old boy sustained minor injuries after they had been beaten by four other teenagers wielding knives, a bat and a tire iron. Deputies responded to the Parkhurst Plaza shortly before 12:30 a.m. for a reported fight.

“Witnesses who were with the victims say they were in the parking lot of the plaza when a car drove past them when the 17 year-old victim apparently made a gesture towards the car,” Troxell said. “The car then stopped and four suspects got out of the car and attacked the two victims.”

The four suspects—two 17-year-old boys from Ashburn, a 16-year-old boy from Sterling and a 17-year-old South Riding boy—have been charged with malicious wounding by mob and were being held at the Juvenile Detention Center.

 

Oh please. Two punk teenagers that should have been home asleep well past midnite, flipped off a carload or other teens that should have been home and got their butts kicked. Simple cause and effect here.

 

Hmmmm, where I come from this is called assault and battery....... From the article it also states that bats and knives were used. Irregardless of the time of day or the situation at the time, I think this is an issue. Obviously, any kids out that late "WITH" the bats and knives are the ones that are the punks, and the ones I would personally have concerns with.

When I was a teen I used to stay out until 4a.m. or later with friends on weekends and in the summertime(drove my parents nuts ), but because I used to do this doesnt warrant an assault by kids with bats and knives..... BTW, I was still a good kid and I never did anything bad. I just enjoyed being with my friends.

DwArFlOrD

 

As an aside, 'irregardless' isn't really a word. It's a pet peeve of mine that I hate to see it used.

 

You, brim? A pet peeve? About something that a member of these forums thinks or writes about? And, to top it off, a post that is absolutely nonresponsive to the subject. Huh. If you hadn't just posted it, I would hardly believe it...

 

Like I said, 'As an aside...' which would indicate what followed had nothing to do with the topic. My beef isn't with what is thought/wrote about, only the use of a non-word. I'm sure if someone came on here and said something like, "Ashburn ain't got no gangs!" someone would point it out or comment. In this case, they're both double negatives but one 'sounds more educated' than the other but they're both incorrect. I'm just trying to educate.

Just to appease you I will add some constructive criticism. If kids want to join a gang, they need to go where the real gangs are. I'm pretty sure if some 'gang' from Ashburn met up with some Compton Crips, the Crips would laugh thier heads off. Being part of the 'Sterling Park Crew' or whoever probably carries very little streed cred in gangland ("I'm from the hard streets of...umm, Ashburn, VA...believe dat, fool! I'm from the streets, son!"). These kids need some sturcture.

Note: your post added nothing to the topic either.

 

Sheesh. Must have hit a nerve. Methinks thou dost protest too much. (Please don't critique this sentence. Thanks.)

Mearen, mock Northern Va's/Loudoun County's gang problem all you want, but it still exists. Poking fun at it won't make it go away. The gang activity in Sterling is well documented. (What is the name of the community in Sterling with the drug/gang problems, I can't remember???) Just today, this article was in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43427-2004Sep22.html

Here's an excerpt:

 

As an aside, "sturcture" really isn't a word, and should be structure. Just a pet peeve of minds!

 

There's quite a difference between a misspelling and improper usage.

 

gang activity hits the braodlands boards...I think we've got a turf war going.....

anyway, kids with money to spare, unsupervised time on their hands, and buying into the "rap" culture make very effective gang wanabes. The fact that they aren't authentic inner city gangs doesn't keep them from trying to prove themselves as such and therefore makes them just as dangerous.

 

It is a misperception that many of these kids have money to spare or come from families with spare income. Perhaps because they come from Ashburn and South Riding people assume there is income involved to support them, but the fact of the matter is that many of these kids come from low income families of which there are plenty in this community, including Broadlands.
Just as it is a misperception that people from Sterling, or the Park, are low income.
Kind of reminds me of someone I know who associates anyone Latin with "Mexican".

 

two ways you can join the elite club of low income families: live in subsidized housing which does exist in broadlands, ashburn farm, ashburn village, and every planned community; or, pay so much for your home that you don't have money to pay for activities that will engage your teenager or give to them so they can have material items that will make them feel more "in" with other peer groups.

 

The only low income housing around here I know about are the apartments next to Home Depot.

 

on claiborne, townhouses across from hillside.
there are also single family homes that are purchased by HUD with a rent back or vouchers at a significantly reduced rate. every planned community is mandated to have this, it used to be called secion 8, i do not know what it is called now.

 

The really sad thing about this is that my preschool teacher single mom with three kids is on that program. They do it by lottery, and she got a place in landowne but had to turn it down because while the housing there was subsidized the HOA fee was not. She was expected to pay the additional $300 per month - does not take a rocket scientist to figure out if the person needs subsidized housing they should get a reduced HOA fee.

 

This was a weeknight and it takes 2 to tango. These punks weren't attacked for no reason, they were acting like punks themselves.

 

Are you sure? Miller & Smith were advertising those houses for a lot more than subsidized housing.

 

Sunnydog - where did you get that info about the TH's on Claiborne??

Steve - here's what I found on the low income housing:
The Grove @Flynn's Crossing (by Home Depot)
Ashburn Meadows I Apts.
Ashburn Meadows II Apts
Potomac Station Apts.
The Abbey @South Riding
Leesburg Commons(Leesburg)
Mayfair Commons (Leesburg)