HERNDON, Va. – Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Clingan, the lead prosecutor in a Virginia double-murder case involving a Brazilian au pair, was served a summons for drinking alcohol in public, according to Fairfax County police.
The Brief
- Prosecutor Eric Clingan was cited for public drinking in Fairfax County, police say.
- Clingan leads the double-murder case involving a Brazilian au pair.
- The au pair pleaded guilty in the case.
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Prosecutor cited
The incident was reported around 8 a.m. on August 8 in a parking lot on the 5000 block of Westfield Boulevard in Centreville. A caller told police a man was drinking outside his vehicle. Officers arrived and identified the man as Clingan, 57, who was issued a summons for public drinking.
Clingan is the lead prosecutor in the case involving Brendan Banfield, who was indicted last year on charges of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joe Ryan, a man who was invited to the house that day.
Murder case unfolding
Authorities say the family’s au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, who had a romantic relationship with Banfield, was initially charged with second-degree murder. Both claimed they walked in on Ryan attacking Christine and shot him with separate weapons.…