Leesburg Vigilante Confrontation Ends With Child-Solicitation Bust

Police in Leesburg say an online vigilante group’s driveway confrontation on Thursday afternoon ended with the arrest of a local man accused of trying to solicit a child. Officers arrested 29-year-old Richard J. Solis and took him to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center, where officials say he is being held without bond.

Police responded after the confrontation

Officers were called to a home at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, in the 700 block of Balls Bluff Road NE after an online group that targets suspected predators showed up and confronted a man at the residence, according to Daily Voice. Members of the group shared a photo of the encounter publicly; Daily Voice reports that the image was credited to the account iFightForKids and an X…..

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