Man sentenced to 8 years for Leesburg road rage incident
Ricardo Osiel Avilez Blanco, a 28-year-old Leesburg man extradited back to Virginia for a road rage case, was convicted of attempted malicious wounding and sentenced to 8 years.
The incident occurred in October 2023. According to information presented by the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Avilez Blanco was driving a white Chevrolet Camaro and started tailgating a man and his son. In the midst of congested traffic, Avilez Blanco did several “burnouts” around the victim’s vehicle and “aggressively followed” the victim into the parking lot of Heritage High School.
First, Avilez Blanco pressed the Camaro’s front bumper against the rear bumper of the victim’s vehicle and proceeded to do another burnout, the Commonwealth noted. The victim and Avilez Blanco got out of thei...
