A Loudoun jury convicted Hadyn James Dollery on four felony counts over threats at John Champe High School.

The four guilty counts are the jury's finding. The acquittal is the jury's finding on the fifth count. Sentencing is still ahead. Loudoun Times-Mirror, Loudoun Now, and WJLA do not use the same names for the counts, the same time for the Discord messages, or the same pronouns.

Loudoun Times-Mirror reported that on Oct. 9, 2026, a seven-man, five-woman Loudoun Circuit Court jury found Sophie Dollery, 19, of South Riding, guilty of two counts of making a threat to "kill or do bodily injury" to two John Champe students, of threatening to "kill or discharge a firearm" at the school, and of threatening to "bomb" or "burn" the home. The paper reported all four are felonies, and that the jury acquitted Dollery of threatening to kill the ex-girlfriend. It reported the jury deliberated about nine hours over two days, and that the five-day trial began Oct. 5. It reported Dollery is a transgender woman listed in court records as Hadyn James Dollery. The students are not named here. The ex-girlfriend is not named here.

Loudoun Now, in an Oct. 9 story from the trial, used the name Hadyn James Dollery and used he. It reported Dollery goes by Sophie and uses the name "Cotton Candy" on Discord. It reported an indictment on three counts of threatening to injure or kill a person, one count of making threats on school grounds, and one count of threatening to damage a building. It reported guilty verdicts on two of the person counts, the school-grounds count, and the damage-building count, and a not-guilty verdict on the third person count. It reported a jury of seven men and five women began deliberating Thursday afternoon and returned around 4 p.m. Friday. It reported Senior Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Dircia Schubert told jurors in her opening that Dollery messaged an ex-boyfriend on Discord at 1:49 a.m. on April 15, and that the message described a plan to kill the ex, members of Dollery's own family and the ex's family, to go on a "murder spree at your school," and to cannibalize one of the victims. Loudoun Times-Mirror reported the Discord transcript began at 1:43 a.m. on April 16. Those clocks are not the same time. The Times reported Dollery wrote about a "murder spree" at John Champe and about killing two students the paper said had dated the ex-girlfriend, and that a "murder list" included Dollery's mother and brother. The Times reported those family threats were not charged.

The Times reported a 23-page Discord transcript of a conversation between Dollery and the ex-girlfriend, and quoted Dollery writing of "spiraling in a very dangerous way," and, "I hate you with every fiber of my being and I'm going to do everything I can to make you suffer." It reported that in closing, Schubert said Dollery was obsessed with the ex-girlfriend, had searched Google for box cutters and for how far blood travels, and had asked her father to return a knife he had taken. Loudoun Now reported that in the opening Schubert said a box cutter was found in Dollery's backpack and that phone records showed a Google search about blood. A search about box cutters and a box cutter found in a backpack are two details. The Times reported the mother and the brother testified they did not believe the threats against them were serious, and that the brother said he had previously dated the ex-girlfriend and that "she would constantly lie at the expense of others." It reported the ex-girlfriend's mother testified that she called her boyfriend and asked him to change a garage-door code. Those relatives are not named here.

The Times reported Assistant Public Defender Tamara Lazarus said in closing that Dollery was a teenager going through a first breakup and that the words were being "blown up beyond proportion." It reported she told the jury, "We have gotten into a teenage breakup," and, "We are not arguing that this is appropriate by any means, but inappropriate rhetoric is not enough to convict for a felony offense." Loudoun Now reported defense attorney Mary Swanson said in her opening that the situation was a "teenage love triangle," that prosecutors were taking the messages out of context, and that Dollery was "hurt … and desperate for attention," had "no history of violence," and "had never been in trouble." It reported she called the charges "teenage drama … blown out of proportion." Loudoun Now's opening names Mary Swanson. The Times's closing names Tamara Lazarus. Neither story prints both names. Loudoun Now reported the defense attorneys told Judge Matthew Snow they planned to ask for bond the following week, and that the four convictions carry up to 25 years, with no minimum sentence. It reported sentencing would come in the coming months. The Times reported sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 28. WJLA reported that date as Jan. 28, 2027.

WJLA reported a jury found Hadyn James Dollery guilty of three counts of making written threats and one count of threatening a school, and not guilty of one count of making a written threat, after a four-day trial that began Oct. 5. It reported the commonwealth rested Oct. 7, closing arguments were Oct. 8, jurors began deliberating around 4 p.m., and they returned verdicts around 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 9. Three written-threat convictions and a school count are not the Times's list of two injury threats, a firearm threat at the school, and a bomb-or-burn threat against a home. A four-day trial and the Times's five-day trial are not the same length. Around 4 p.m. and around 4:15 p.m. are not the same return time. WJLA reported Dollery had been a substitute at John Champe High School. The Times reported Dollery was subbing at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Broadlands and wrote about John Champe. Loudoun Now reported the substitute job at Eagle Ridge and reported John Champe as the school named in the threats. FOX 5 DC, on April 23, reported Hadyn Dollery, 19, of Chantilly, was taken into custody April 20 off school grounds, charged with threats of bodily injury, and held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. That April story used they. The Times reported South Riding, an April 20 arrest after the ex-girlfriend and one of the students notified authorities, and a June 8 indictment. Chantilly and South Riding are the two place names. WJLA's photo caption spelled the first name Haydn. Its story spelled Hadyn. The Times reported Dollery was dropped from Loudoun County Public Schools' pool of about 4,700 substitutes and was a non-licensed substitute, and that spokeswoman Natalie N. Allen said an August video-interview step for applicants was part of ongoing screening and was not a response to this arrest. FOX 5 DC reported Dollery was no longer on the available substitute list. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.