U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
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A Norfolk man, identified as a member of the Bloods criminal street gang, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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Four individuals have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a mail theft and bank fraud conspiracy in Newport News, Virginia.
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A Henrico man has been sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for possessing destructive devices, according to a recent announcement from Richmond, Virginia.
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A Dominican national has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for drug trafficking and illegal reentry into the United States.
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A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight.
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Three men from Newport News have been sentenced to life imprisonment following their conviction by a federal jury for a series of violent crimes, including five murders and two additional shootings.
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A Chester business owner, David Neel, has been sentenced to two years in prison for willfully failing to account for or pay over employment taxes.
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A Newport News man has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for drug and firearm offenses.
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A Centerville woman, Paula Sue Leventhal, 64, has pled guilty to wire fraud charges after embezzling $550,000 from her employer.
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A Fredericksburg man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills.
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Three Virginia men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
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A former official at the James River Residential Reentry Facility has admitted to accepting bribes from an inmate with whom he had an inappropriate relationship.
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A Suffolk man has been sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for defrauding investors, employees, and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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A Salvadoran national and member of the gang MS-13, Henry Leonel Barrera Ayala, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his involvement in a criminal enterprise that included three murders.
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A Richmond man, Joshua J. Jernigan, has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally possessing firearms as a felon.
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A Dumfries resident has admitted to wire fraud related to a COVID-19 relief program, as announced by authorities in Alexandria, Virginia.
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A federal jury in Newport News, Virginia, has convicted a Hampton man on charges related to conspiracy, mail theft, and the illegal receipt of a firearm while under indictment.
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A Honduran national, Eliseo Garcia Gordillo, also known as Julio Antonio Caceres Morales and Julio Caceres-Antonio, has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender.
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A Salvadoran national, Adalberto Rivas Machado, has pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm in Alexandria, Virginia.
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A Richmond man, Randel Douglas Hoggard, was found guilty by a federal jury on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.