this is a hot topic.

oh one other thought….not all video or photos are shot by employees of media companies—alot of content is submitted to the media outlets via ordinary citizens, who happen to be where something is happening….some do it as a courtesy, others do it to get their names in print in the form of photo or video “name credit”

First off—LTM is not in a conspiracy to find out information from the Sheriff’s Dept.

Please keep in mind, all newspapers and most news providing entities…HAVE SCANNERS, they listen to the Police, Fire, etc channels—helps keep them abreast of what is going on, and where to go.

Photographers keep their equipment with them at all times—even reporters generally carry small video cameras and a small camera with them in the car, in case they happen upon a story in progress.

Why is everyone posting to LTM stories as of late, ready to scream “CONSPIRACY”—the comments about Leesburg last week, comments about Chris Cooley opening a Gallery….

Really are they necessary…..Freedom of speech, I get it…..but these negative NON-STOP comments are getting old and childish.

Take a dose of reality….things happen, the media finds out about it, they go, they take photos, they process photos, stories are written, and then the papare hits the press…then articles and photos are uploaded online….

First, do not hide behind some ridiculous name if you are going to spew crap in a comment page. Have the courage to back up your trash with your name.
Second,the utter insanity of this line of comments highlights the notion that Loudoun County contains way to many people who would throw a person in front of a firing squad before they have any clue of the guilt or innocence of that person.
Third, unless your closets are completely free of skeletons…you have NO business condemning anyone without proven facts.
Wait for a damn verdict people!!

The drama in the comments here is more interesting than the drama of the crime.

A common phrase that will make sense to all that know her; “What comes around goes around”. Many years ago, 1999, when I was young and very naive, when I didn’t have a place to live, I contacted her about a rental listing. I paid in cash, $500 deposit and when I looked at the place, it was dark, moldy and mildew, without a working refrigerator, basement under a house. I decided that day I couldn’t go through with the rental and opted for a cleaner, safer environment. She would under no circumstances pay any of the deposit back. Like I said, I was naive, but there wasn’t any human compassionate bone in her body. I learned a lesson and life has moved on. I pray for her and hope she gets revelation out of this circumstance.Matthew 25:31-46

Given the new questions regarding the integrity of Sheriff Simpson, it makes me wonder why it is the State Police assisting Middleburg.  Why not use our own Sheriff’s Office?  Perhaps, Chief Webber could not trust the Sheriff’s Office for such a high profile case involving a prominant western Loudoun citizen.  I can’t say I blame him after this fiasco with El-Atari and especially given that Sheriff Simpson lives on his western Loudoun estate and gets large contributions from the rich in the west.  STINKS!

while he may be a good policeman having a uniform on doesnt preclude officers from having agendas ....certainly youve read about law enforcement hiding behind the badge and not being so straightforward…in fact it happens everyday probably more often than embezzleing

The editor and owner of a newspaper gets arrested on 15 felony counts of embezzlement. Two weeks before, a senior officer of the Middleburg Bank gets fired for unspecified causes. Is this a coincidence? Could the Middleburg bank be involved?

The police don’t file the charges, the Commonwealth Attorney does.  That should tell you something right there.  15 Felony counts for this is beyond overkill.

Thank you longtime resident, I could not have put it better myself and wont even try.
Have a great day,
Toni

Regardless of her personality or how badly she ran the paper, she is accused of a crime.  Now we wait to see how it shakes out.  And stop calling each other names for crying-out-loud!

Police Chief Steve Webber is a dedicated and no nonsense police officer. The charges have to be bonafide. The real story is yet to unfold.

WOW ok well first off to Birdie, I never said anything about Middleburg Bank, OK? But if the shoe fits…. And to all of the rest of the comments I am not naive or ignorant and I just belive in the Bill of Rights, I dont know Dee Dee personally but have been introduced, needless to say you all know more about her and have already made up your minds. I just hope she doesnt go for a trial by jury of her piers, she is surely going to the pokey on that one. Well I have better things to do today than to add anymore hype to this. Surely you all have better things to do also.  Nice to chat with ya’ll good luck and Happy Holidays and enjoy your Christmas Parade!!!!

Toni—
Are you kidding are you seriously that naive and ignorant?

Toni’s quote “just put yourself in those $400 boots for a minute and think about being paraded down main street because you got caught”

I think the point is, most of us wouldn’t have thought to do anything putting us in a position to be caught by police.

Community service is the perfect cover for a criminal. Evidently the state police have not been fooled.

To Toni: You need to know the facts. This woman has been arrested before and is a really not nice person. No, this WAS NOT connected to Middleburg Bank! This was pure greed, greed, greed and finally she is getting what she has deserved for a long time!!!

I’ll bet that 11:15 am can’t come soon enough for Dee Dee, I know that she is accused of something awful especially since the economy is so bad, and as several other people have written, Dee Dee is innocent until proven guilty, how do we know that someone hasn’t framed her or that things were so bad and others are involved that she is the one taking the fall. I too think that it is ashame that she had to be and still is being publicly humiliated in front of so many of the people that have come to respect her and I totaly agree that if she had been given the chance to turn herself in she would have done so.  I belive that if found guilty and actually comitted this crime that she will impose a stiffer sentence upon herself than that of any court could. I think that we as humans make mistakes and many people who judge others have done some pretty bad or sick things in their lives that they dont want others to know about just put yourself in those $400 boots for a minute and think about being paraded down main street because you got caught
OUCH!!! How would you like to be the main topic on
this day? Let the facts speak for themselves.

15 Felony counts….
The perp walked through town with 4 policemen, professional photographers - all for $9000?
Doesn’t make sense at all!
Much more is bound to be involved. With the recent firing at the Middleburg Bank, could they be involved in the embezzlement???

Alba…good journalism? Seriously?

Have you ever seen the newspaper?

That’s VSP Headquarters. lol —LTM Needs an Edit Button.

expatriot - For all you know, Jana Wagoner might have the dispatcher at VSA Headquarters giving her tips on breaking events. Jana will make LTM Head Editor with breaking stories like this..  lol

Think and Think Again—- LTM’s reporters must have good sources to make sure they get exclusive access and tips to breaking news events. I’d call that, good Journalism.

Well, you examine the relationship between the editor of the LTM, the local Republican party and the current Republican Commonwealth’s Attorney, I think you get the answer about the tip-off. if it had been a lawyer accused of these crimes, that lawyer would have gotten a phone call from the CA asking him to come in and be served a warrant, perhaps along with cookies and milk.

If the State Police want to investigate something in Loudoun County there are a couple elected officials that they can start with now.

hey think again…  good question   id guess it wasnt ms hubbard and id guess it wasnt the state police, id also guess it wasnt the plaintiff…do the math….who does that leave .

More of The Same…nice conspiracy theory, but since nobody at the State Police is an elected official, it doesn’t make any sense.

I’m wondering too why the Times-Mirror was invited to the arrest, though. That doesn’t make any sense.

An election is coming up; it’s time for certain people to start making waves.

OK…does nobody find it odd that the LTM, which is a competing newspaper, was invited to come take pictures of this arrest?

It’s not like we’re talking about a double homicide or something. She’s accused of embezzling less than $10,000.

Why was LTM alerted in advance?

JTR - Certainly appreciate your advice to “get a grip.”  No worries, I’m not coming unglued :) In fact, I never said that I personally felt any way . . .

You do, however, have a thicker skin than me. 

She promoted herself in the community as business leader . . . she is involved with several organizations in town.  Then (allegedly) steals from a another’s business that she’s been entrusted with.

Hmmm.  Maybe “hypocrite” is a better word?

And I’ve owned and run small businesses.  My employees (and their families) depended on me.  While any business can fail for numerous reasons, I had a commitment to them to do the best I could to keep the business strong and growing.

My humble opinion is that when she (allegedly)made this choice, she broke the trust of the people who work for her.

chi chi….  angry and betrayed ?  come on now??? .  what happened was indeed between the two not the town and not you . jeez o pete get a grip.  there’s obviously something we all dont know ...give em their day in court and get it straightened out,  as said before is probably more civil than criminal case.  while deedee may not be an angel in the christmas sense she surely has be the catalyst(as a volunteer) behind many of the events that the community at large has enjoyed for many years   ...she does good things for the community, the truth either way will come out in court   dont be angry or feel betrayed till you find out the facts ... then you can feel however you want.

thanks common sense—I guess you didn’t notice the big “Update” added to the headline?

The original story did not contain “According to arrest warrants, police are accusing Deanne D.

RE: Common Sense

The article has been updated since they made those comments.

Common Sense— You are a day late and a dollar short.  If you had been here since the story broke, you would have noticed that none of those details had been posted. It wasn’t until mid-day yesterday that additional details came to light.

See Post “Wed, Dec 01 at 03:37 PM by Jana Wagoner”.

To Barbara Munsey and Alby:  “More info needed.”  “Who is she accused of embezzling from?”  “Who did she ripoff?”  “How much money did she make off with?” “What are the 15 counts?” DUH and DUH and DUH!  Did neither of you actually read the article?  It’s all there.

And gosh . . . .

Wasn’t it the “elite fringe” who funded her business?

Why would someone’s “length of stay” or if they live “in or on-the-fringe” dictate whether or not they’ve been effected (either personally or professionally) by this situation??

And it certainly shouldn’t negate or substantiate an opinion.

THAT would seem a bit IMMATURE and PETTY to me.

@ Dan Shepherd:
I couldnt agree more.  What I find highly ironic, is the fact that a lot here who are reporting how MEAN she is, are the ones being the MEANEST.  Immature AT BEST.  It makes me sad to be a hometown girl from Middleburg.  I was raised IN town (not the elite who fringe the edge of town with silver spoons in their mouths or the newbies with their new found money who have over taken the town as their own)  My family has lived there for more than 50 years. 
Personally, Mrs. Hubbard and her family have never been anything other than open, honest and kind to my family and me. 
I will however; support any adjudication that occurs.  If indeed, this is true and correct, let’s allow the COURTS to try people.  Not your own little small petty minds….

Re: Dan Shephard post

In light of what happened, I think people have been incredibly restrained. 

This is a small town, and small business is the heart of this community.  Ms. Hubbard promoted herself as a business leader . . . . huh.  Was it all a bunch of lies? She runs several businesses with outside/non-family employees.  Where was her commitment to them?? 

What happened wasn’t just between Mr. Goehring, and Ms. Hubbard (and the law.)  Many people have the right to feel angry and betrayed.

Dan Shepherd - Its the internet. Don’t ever read the comments in the WashingtonPost.com, you might keel over dead from all the hate being spewed out in that online newspaper. This is tame compared to the Post.

She should be sentenced to hard time for criminal editing. Anybody read the Eccentric? One of the most slipshod, amateurish publications around. Misspellings galore, lousy photography, photos with no captions, a name spelled one way on one page then differently on another. I’ve seen middle school newsletters done more professionally.

It is a shame that this had to happen but it was going to because of the way that Dee Dee is.  She is a very mean person and think that she is beyond the law.

I’m embarrassed to know my adult “neighbors” in Loudoun are so immature and hateful, as evidenced by these comments. Why can’t what happened speak for itself? I have no affinity for this woman or stake in what happened either way. But I do question why people have to spread hate and vitriol. Sad. Does spreading that hate and vitriol help in anyway? Does it make them feel better to be petty and aggressive?

This family lives, works and travels in a pack.  My guess is that there will be more to this story.

I see she was wearing $400 boots at the time of her arrest. I want a pair desperately but not so desperately that I resort to stealing!

Some of us do know her and I maintain she is mean and condescending - what goes around comes around and people with attitude often get what they deserve and typically at their own hand or doing.  She took because she thought it was hers and no one would notice…well someone noticed!! Sidebar: Joe Leesburg referencing the President is typical stupidity from the right - irrelevant and immature.

Middleburg va, sunny town…..shadey people.

Well, someone should be cuffing the president and make him do the perp walk down Penna avenue for all the money he’s embezzeled from me and my children.  It’s a heck of a lot more than 9k

It seems as if the police are doing their jobs.  If evidence that a crime has been committed it is their job to arrest the person(s) responsible.  The media is the one making the big to-do.  That lady was walked on a back street to a waiting police car.  It wasn’t her first time being arrested either.  If it was my money that was stolen I would want her arrested.

ME Smith:  Yeah, DeeDee did lots of good work. Work lining her pockets with Mr. Goehring’s money. Make sure you never hire her to manager your property. She has shifty eyes and quick fingers. lol

Ahhh Middleburg, always a fabulous source of ridiculous entertainment.

YOU PEOPLE AMAZE ME.lol If this was a young street punk scamming 9k from anyone of you ..you would say throw the book at him he gets what he deserves..stealing 1penny or 100 is still stealing in eyes of law..So if I stole 9k from anyone of you your telling me i should only get probation or maximum 12 months..If thats the case thieves should come to middleburg to steal know they would only get max 12 months for 9k..I guess difeerent for a black or white street punk huh

Of course stealing is stealing, but this woman is innocent until PROVEN guilty and the scale of the crime should reflect the scale of punishment.  15 felony counts and this amount of attention for $9k is a bit over the top.  El Atari basically got as much attention for millions.

To Loudoun Insider, who cares if it’s 9 grand, or 1 million, stealing is stealing.

Who are you people? Making these comments about things you know nothing about,,, and presuming guilt before a day in court. Who are you to throw stones. Grow up. Deedee Hubbard has done a lot of good work in this community for a long time. She deserves some credit and some forbearance. Sniping at her helps nobody.

This really is ridiculous for a whopping $9 grand!  Yes she should serve time and pay restituion if convicted, but I am sure there will be a vigorous defense and we’ve only heard one side of the story.

This must be getting the big treatment because its another newpaper person.  Sure she should pay if she did this but the big walk of shame and snapping photos are too much for this.  I’m sure there are alot of other worse crooks in this county laughing at this.  Way too much overkill here.

I’d say that there has to be a lot more to come of this story. The VA state police obviously don’t come to Middleburg, VA to make an arrest for $9k.

Correction…stole 9K in two years….

While she commited a crime and should be punished for the crime, I really think this is overkill.  Mary Herrmann ripped off General Dynamics 24 times for 250K and was convicted of ONE count embezzlement and is serving 18 months in prison.  They’re charging this women with 15 counts for just 9K in 3 years?!?!  How sad!!  Let the punishment fit the crime.  I say less than 6 months or probation plus a fine. Something sounds very fishy to me….

Prison for $9,192.50 seems foolish. My guess, she’ll get 12/months.

to make her do the walk of shame for 9 grand is a bit of overkill.  and to have state police spend so much time on what could be a civil case seems excessive too.  speaking of excessive   15 counts of felony embezzlement as a head line is overkill too( but i guess it sells papers).its certainly not madoff money we are talking here   sounds to me like a guy with a gripe paired up with some shoddy bookkeeping,  hmmm interesting last name on the plaintiff too, any ties to the nazi party ? isnt he the same guy who names his business after one of the worst serial killers in history ?

Thanks Jana..

From the reporter: The story has been updated with more specifics on the charges. As more information becomes available, the story will continue to be updated.

That intersection is not the middle of Main Street.  It is a back street with very light traffic but dicey visibility.  Parking squad cars there would have created a real hazard. 

As to the newsworthiness of the Eccentric reporting, I would certainly not call it balanced reporting.  Many times articles gave unrecognizable and downright incorrect accounts of meetings I have attended.  Middleburg Life was, and continues doing a fine job of reporting.

She wasn’t paraded through the streets. She was taken around the corner to the waiting police car. And it’s not her first arrest.

She is not that old, she is not that little and she is somewhat mean and condescending.  These are real charges and whether guilty or innocent the State has to be aggressive in pursuing all sorts of people who live in all sorts of places. and who think they can get away with things.  Wrong is Wrong and that different then guilty.

I don’t know why everybody is crying foul because a little old lady was handcuffed and paraded through town. I’m sure if that was Bernie Madoff, there would be cookies and hot chocolate being served.

What’s more important are the details of the charges. What at the 15 counts? Who did she ripoff? How much money did she make off with? We need some investigative reporting.

everyone whose ever been to middleburg knows what a pain parking is, even for police. If they had blocked off the road to arrest this woman it would have been made into an even bigger deal. and im not saying shes guilty but the state police dont just come to middleburg to arrest innocent people. they obviously have a pretty solid case against her

Of course she is innocent until proven guilty.  But when people get arrested for 15 charges of felony embezzlement you get hand cuffed and dragged to the squad car.  That’s what happens. Yes even in little old Middleburg. She’ll have her day in court.  15 charges…all brought on my the state of Virginia…looks pretty serious.

She is innocent until proven guilty and marching her down the middle of main street with press cameras catching it all is a little too much.

I think it probably took a lot of police resources to finally bring charges against this woman so we should be commending them. a criminal is a criminal and you never know what they are capable of, so they need to take all the necessary precautions. also, embezzlement is a serious crime and should not take a backseat because it is not violent. and police dont arrest people on rumor

middleburg eccentric, then let’s do treat her like anyone else charged with a crime, and consider her innocent until proven guilty.

I agree with Alby that there is more info needed here, and also note the fortuitous coincidence of a news photographer being present.

From whom is she accused of embezzling?

As someone who owns her own business(es), if she’s stealing from herself then wouldn’t it be more of a tax case?

More info needed (and maybe a bit of taste and compassion, in keeping with Middleburg’s image?  There are some truly grisly things in the news this budding holiday season, most notably to me the woman who is accused of killing her grandchild at Tyson’s mall.  Whatever Ms. Hubbard is alleged to have done, a little perspective maybe?)

I wonder if they did call her and ask her to come to the station and maybe she didn’t want to….it is 15 felonies after all.  There was a Middleburg newspaper lady arrested there before..wonder if it part of the job?

I guess those guys lose their job at the paper

Elderly woman or not, she’s been charged with 15 counts of felony embezzlement.  She should be treated like every other person charged with a crime that severe.  That is a serious accusation.  From the Virginia State Police, not just Loudon County.  Zero chance the state brings these charges without rock solid supporting evidence.

Who tipped off the paper to be there waiting with cameras?

Does an elderly woman really need to be shackled and walked - by 3 or more armed officers - down the STREET, to be taken into custody? Is she really a flight risk? I bet they could have called her and asked her to come down to the station, and she’d have been there in a few minutes. It’s not like she isn’t a well known public figure who could vanish. Geez.

So it takes four cops to arrest a 66 year old woman on an alleged embezzlement charge?
What a great use of police resources and manpower. I feel safe knowing those dangerous persons using an ink pen to commit crimes are being dealt with.
Maybe tomorrow they could go after those pesky gangs whom I consider a greater threat to our safety.

Where was the money embezzled from?

It is funny how you go to the papers website, thsi story isn’t even on there. 

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