Investigation of Loudoun supervisor Eugene Delgaudio concludes with no indictment

By Caitlin Gibson, Updated: Monday, June 24, 1:41 PM

Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) will not face criminal charges after a months-long investigation by a special grand jury into allegations that he used his county office to benefit his political campaign.

Although the grand jury did not return an indictment Monday, it issued a report outlining potential problems within Delgaudio’s public office — including the potential misuse of county resources, campaign funds that might have gone unreported, a lack of focus on constituent services, a hostile work environment and an “indistinct association” between his county office and his conservative nonprofit organization, Public Advocate of the United States, which campaigns against gay rights.

Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos (D), who was appointed in November to oversee the investigation, said Monday that she did not ask the jury to consider indictments. She did not elaborate, but in the report, the jurors said they believed that they were not instructed to consider indictments, in part because of legal limitations.