During this period, residents may conduct open burning between the hours of 4 p.m. and midnight, subject to other restrictions. Open burning is prohibited at all times in the Towns of Round Hill, Purcellville, Middleburg, Lovettsville and Leesburg and in areas of Loudoun County that are part of suburban development. The burning of construction materials is prohibited at all times within any area of Loudoun County.

Where open burning is allowed, it is limited to leaves and other yard trimmings if curbside trash pick up is not available for this purpose and must not be done any closer than fifty feet from any structure.

Persons conducting open burning must contact the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center at 703-777-0637 prior to igniting a fire and at the end of the burning. Fires may not be added to or stirred after midnight. Persons are responsible, at all times, to ensure the fire is maintained under control and that it is attended, with provisions immediately available to extinguish the fire if necessary.

Any person who violates this law could be convicted of a Class 1 misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of a fine up to $2,500.00 and up to a year in jail. Further, if convicted, a person may be required to compensate the locality for the full costs of fighting a fire.

More information about the 4:00 p.m. law is available on the Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office webpage at www.loudoun.gov/firemarshal or by calling 703-737-8600.

Topics of discussion will include:

• An overview of the Town’s Urban Forestry Program
• Hiring a tree care professional
• Best practices for selecting, planting and maintaining trees

Demonstrations will include:

• Tree planting
• Effective small tree pruning

The primary focus of the summit is to inform and educate the Town’s Home Owners Associations (HOAs) about effective ways to manage trees on their properties. HOAs are among the largest landowners in Leesburg and, therefore, have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the development of the Town’s Tree Canopy, as they beautify their own environments.

The event is free and open to the general public. Individuals and tree care professional are invited to attend. To RSVP for the Tree Care Summit, please email Bill Ference, Acting Urban Forester, at wference@leesburgva.gov.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’sWashington Field Office; and Michael L. Chapman, Loudoun County Sheriff, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Liam O’Grady. Cilenti pled guilty on Nov. 3, 2011.

According to plea papers, Cilenti conspired to defraud USAA Life Insurance Company out of the proceeds of a $500,000 life insurance policy on the life of Cilenti’s late wife. Although Cilenti was the primary beneficiary of the policy, because the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office identified Cilenti as a person of interest in his wife’s death, the insurance company declined to pay the proceeds to him. As a result, Cilenti and his attorney concocted a scheme to lie to the insurance company in order to fraudulently obtain the life insurance proceeds for Cilenti.

According to court documents, after being identified as a person of interest in his wife’s death, Cilenti disclaimed any interest in the $500,000 life insurance proceeds so that Cilenti’s then-minor adopted daughter could claim the benefits. Cilenti then retained a Leesburg attorney to create a trust for the benefit of Cilenti’s adopted daughter for which the attorney acted as trustee. Cilenti and his attorney falsely represented to the insurance company that Cilenti would neither have control of, access to, nor benefit from the insurance proceeds deposited in the trust. As a result, the insurance company paid over $500,000 in insurance proceeds to the adopted daughter’s trust.

Cilenti’s daughter, according to court papers, did not know that she was the beneficiary of her mother’s $500,000 life insurance policy or that a trust was created in her name. In fact, within weeks of the insurance company wiring $507,000 to the trust account, Cilenti’s attorney wrote over $400,000 in checks and wire transfers to Cilenti. Cilenti spent almost all the funds from the trust account, very little if any of which benefited his adopted daughter.

Shortly after the life insurance fraud scheme, unbeknownst to his adopted daughter, Cilenti also applied for Social Security survivor benefits on her behalf, forging her signature and using her Social Security Number without her knowledge or permission. Cilenti then spent on himself approximately $7,600 in Social Security survivor payments made to him on his adopted daughter’s behalf.

In a related matter, Christopher Agresto, 37, of Leesburg, Va., pled guilty on Nov. 4, 2011, for his role as Cilenti’s attorney in the conspiracy to commit life insurance fraud. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2012.

The victim received serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

During the course of the investigation it was determined the incident was possibly retaliatory in nature between the suspects and the victim.

On February 3, 2012, Erick J. Cox, 18, of Oakton, VA was charged with aggravated malicious wounding and robbery. Cox was being held on no bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. Further arrests are possible.

In the crash, the victim was driving a 1995 Saturn and failed to yield the right of way to oncoming vehicle when turning left from Gloucester Parkway to Runnymeade Terrace. A 2005 Toyota Rav 4, driven by a 61-year-old woman from Pennsylvania, was traveling westbound on Gloucester Parkway when she struck the Saturn. Both drivers were injured as a result of the crash. The 81-year-old victim was ground transported to Inova Loudoun Hospital and was later airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital.