Maryland Man Arrested for 2012 Firebombing of Leesburg Corrections Office

After a 21 month-long investigation, an arrest has been made in the 2012 firebombing of a Loudoun County Community Corrections office in Leesburg.

The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office announced Friday that Jonathan Ernesto Godoy, of Frederick, Maryland, was charged with four felonies including arson of a building, conspiracy to commit a felony and two counts of a fire bomb used to commit arson. He was already being held in the LADC following a probation violation, Leesburg Today reports.

Godoy was arrested and is being held at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center on a probation violation. He will continue to be held at the ADC without bond.

On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, 2012, fire crews responded to reports of a structure fire at the Community Corrections Office, located at 107 Loudoun Street in downtown Leesburg. The fire caused $200,000 in damage and forced the community corrections office to be relocated.

Court records show Godoy was arrested Oct. 13, 2011 for possession of methadone and pleaded guilty in April 2012. Godoy was sentenced in 2013 to one year and six months of suspended time with two years probation.

Investigators believe that a second fire that occurred at the building’s new location on Edwards Ferry Road five weeks later on Dec. 19, 2012, is related and it continues to be investigated, though no charges have been filed.

“The [Loudoun County Fire Marshal's Office] wishes to express our gratitude to the ATF for their unfaltering assistance throughout this investigation, as they provided assets, staff and resources that were and are critical to the investigation. The [Fire Marshal's Office] also appreciates all the tips that the public has brought forward to date …,” Maguire said in a statement.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call Loudoun County Crimes Solvers at 703-777-1919.