VIRGINIA
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015 by Crystal Owens
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has enlisted the help of the Virginia State Police in the investigation of alleged sexual assaults at Sterling’s Calvary Temple church.
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said last week that he has called in additional resources “to have them work with us in an abundance of caution that there could be a conflict of interest.”
The Virginia State Police could completely take over the investigation, which began six months ago, but doing so would mean starting from square one, according to Chapman.
Former Calvary members last week called for the Virginia State Police to take over the investigation over concerns that a member of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Kevin Robinette, is also a member of the Pentecostal church.
“Considering that you do have a member of the sheriff’s office that belongs to the church, we felt it was a good idea to get a set of independent eyes on it,” Chapman said.
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