Scottish court orders former Walter Johnson lacrosse coach to return to U.S. to face charges related to 2018 murder, kidnapping plot

Reporter Caitlynn Peetz, from Bethesda Beat, full article here.

Opinion of the Scottish Court here.

A former Walter Johnson High School lacrosse coach accused of a plot to murder parents and kidnap five kids in Virginia has lost his attempt to stay in the United Kingdom, where he has been for three years.

A Scottish court last week denied Gary Blake Reburn’s attempt to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges.

Reburn, 58, is one of four people accused of devising a plan to kidnap five children from two homes in a Mennonite community in Dayton, Va., southwest of Harrisonburg.

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Reburn worked for MCPS between 2012 and August 2018, according to district officials. He was the Walter Johnson High School girls lacrosse team coach.

According to the Walter Johnson High School athletics website, Reburn was a karate instructor and was previously employed by Lifematters, a home care company. Reburn played Division III college lacrosse at Mount St. Mary’s University, according to the website.