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Loudoun Co. man sentenced for killing estranged wife with hammer in 2021

A Loudoun County, Virginia, man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife with a hammer in November 2021 has been sentenced to 42 years in prison.

In June, Peter James Lollobrigido accepted a plea agreement that called for the 52-year-old to serve 42 years behind bars for killing Regina Redman-Lollobrigido.

Thursday, Lollobrigido was sentenced by Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Snow for seven counts, including first-degree murder, malicious wounding, violating a protective order and two counts each of abduction by force, plus assault and battery of a family member.

On the day he murdered his wife, Lollobrigido was awaiting trial for strangling Redman-Lollobrigido in July 2021. He was wearing a court-ordered GPS monitor when he retrieved the hammer from under a kitchen sink and used it to repeatedly hit his wife in the head, moments after telling her he loved her, according to prosecutors.

Redman had told family members she was convinced her estranged husband would kill her, but she wasn’t sure when.

Before he pleaded guilty, the Redman family expressed satisfaction with the length of the agreed-upon sentence, given Lollobrigido’s age.

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Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax, is hitting back. Months after facing sexual assault allegations that surfaced just days before his congressional primary, Helmer has filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit, claiming the accusations were politically motivated and knowingly false. Helmer, who came in second in a crowded nomination contest to represent Virginia’s 10th District last June, was accused of groping a woman six years ago — allegations first reported by NOTUS and linked to members of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee (LCDC). The report suggested that the claims led the local party to implement a sexual harassment policy.
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