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A Manassas resident has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

A Williamsburg resident, Xavier Joseph Stafford, 22, has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing obscene visual material depicting the sexual abuse of children.

A Richmond man, Desmond Mikal Hawkins, 31, has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.

Engineered Structures, Inc. (ESI), a construction company based in Meridian, Idaho, has agreed to pay $5.75 million to resolve civil fraud allegations related to its receipt of a Paycheck Protection…

Six nonprofit organizations in Virginia have agreed to pay a total of $1,381,646 to resolve allegations that they were not eligible for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans received during the…

Sola, Inc., a former operator of adult residential group homes in Gloucester, Virginia, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve civil fraud allegations related to Medicaid billing.

A former Virginia Beach resident, Kevin Butler, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for making threats against former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nelson Deras-Pineda, a 43-year-old Honduran national, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously removed.

Two women have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy based in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Dynamic Staffing, Inc., a company based in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has agreed to pay $1,725,000 to resolve allegations that it made false statements to obtain and later secure forgiveness for…

A Danville resident has been sentenced to over nine years in federal prison for drug distribution and illegal firearm possession.

An Annandale resident, Marcantonio Juarez Velasquez, 20, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug and firearms offenses.

A Danville man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, according to a recent announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of…

A Danville man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug distribution charges.

Two Portsmouth residents have been sentenced to prison following their involvement in trafficking firearms, according to federal authorities.

A member of the Sureno 13 gang has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted on drug and firearm charges in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A citizen of El Salvador, Leonel Hernandez-Zelaya, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States multiple times after having been previously removed.

A federal jury in Newport News, Virginia has convicted Anthony George Ruggiero, 42, of Gloucester on charges related to the sexual abuse and exploitation of a foreign exchange student and…

The final defendant in a scheme involving fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefit claims has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia.

A Roanoke man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for robbing two Truist Bank locations in October 2022.

A Richmond man was found guilty by a federal jury on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

A Mexican national living illegally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after being removed from the United States on at least…

A Richmond woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after admitting to stealing funds intended for a homeless shelter serving women and children in the area.