Loudoun County judge REMOVES liberal DA’s office from burglary case after prosecutor offered a six-month plea deal to thief and downplayed his previous criminal history
- Loudon County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman has removed the county’s woke District Attorney’s office from prosecuting a case
- He wrote in his decision that the county’s Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office must be removed after an attorney ‘misled the court and the public’
- He argued that Michele Burton – a prosecutor for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office – downplayed Kevin Enrique Valle’s criminal history
- She then reportedly offered him a six-month plea deal for his three misdemeanor charges and two felony burglary charges
- The state’s Republican Attorney General is now reportedly gearing up to prosecute the case but Biberaj has filed a request for annulment of the order
A Virginia judge has removed the woke Loudon County’s District Attorney’s office from a burglary case after a prosecutor downplayed an burglar’s criminal history.
Loudon County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman ruled that the county’s Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office must be removed from a serial burglary case for ‘deliberately misleading the Court and the public,’ FOX News reported Wednesday.
‘The Commonwealth is deliberately misleading the Court and the public in an effort to “sell” the plea agreement for some reason that has yet to be explained,’ Plowman wrote in his decision removing the office – led by Democrat Buta Biberaj -from prosecuting the case against Kevin Enrique Valle.
Valle, 19, is accused of engaging in a ‘possible 12 burglary crime spree spanning four counties over 10 days,’ and is charged with three misdemeanors for destruction of property and false identification, as well as two felony burglary counts.
But Plowman said Michele Burton – a prosecutor for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office – offered Valle a six-month plea deal by downplaying his previous criminal history and not including other burglary charges lodged against him.
He claims the plea deal wrongfully stated that the crimes all occurred within a matter of hours last year, rather than 10 days.
Plowman also pointed out that Valle has previously pleaded guilty to three other felonies, had other pending criminal charges as well as a juvenile record.
Still, Biberaj insists that her office was acting properly and has filed petitions to the State Supreme Court asking for the order to be annulled and preventing the court from removing the office from the case, according to WJLA.
In the meantime, the state’s Republican Attorney General has announced his office is ready to step in to prosecute the case, claiming the court has ‘rightfully lost confidence’ in Biberaj and her office.
Loudon County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman removed the county’s Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, led by Democrat Buta Biberaj, right, from a burglary case
Plowman argued that an attorney for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office downplayed Kevin Enrique Valle’s criminal history to offer him a plea deal in a serial burglary case
In his decision, Plowman – who previously served as the Loudon Commonwealth Attorney before Biberaj’s election in 2019 – said the plea deal proved that Biberaj was incapable of prosecuting the case ‘consistent with professional standards.
‘Biberaj and the Loudon County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office is hereby REMOVED AND DISQUALIFIED from further prosecution as counsel of record in this matter,’ he wrote.
Plowman also recused himself from the case ‘unless the parties agree otherwise,’ and ordered the Fauquier Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to prosecute the case against Valle.
In the aftermath, FOX reports, Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter to the chief judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit saying the court has ‘rightfully lost confidence’ in Biberaj and her office.
He wrote that his office is now ready to assist – and even prosecute – the case ‘considering this unprecedented development.’
‘Please know that my office stands at the ready to ensure that the victims of these serious crimes receive justice, and that the perpetrator is held accountable, thereby ensuring that the citizens of Virginia feel safe in their homes.’