Jacob Bogatin, who was charged last week with felony murder and setting fire to an occupied dwelling, in connection to the death of a Sterling, Virginia, woman, has had another serious crime hanging over his head for decades — one in which his co-defendant has been identified as a powerful Russian organized crime boss.
Bogatin, 78, was arrested last week and charged in the death of 36-year-old Madelaine Samantha Akers, a neighbor of Bogatin’s.
According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Bogatin set fire to a townhome in the 20000 block of Riptide Square, in the Lowes Island neighborhood, on Oct. 24. By the time first responders arrived, the fire had spread to a second home and damaged a third…