U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
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A citizen of El Salvador, Leonel Hernandez-Zelaya, has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after being previously removed.
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A Danville man has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses.
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A Wise County man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy and illegal firearm possession.
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A federal grand jury has indicted two Franklin County residents, Melissa Diana Simmons, 50, and James Patrick Brown, 59, on charges related to the financial exploitation of a 75-year-old Navy and Vietnam War veteran.
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A weeklong law enforcement initiative known as Operation "No Limits" concluded in Danville, Virginia, resulting in the arrest of 96 individuals wanted for violent felonies.
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The final defendant in a 17-person conspiracy to defraud the United States through fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims has been sentenced.
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Three residents of Welch, West Virginia—Terry Headen, Charles “Chuck” Williams, and Taylor Headen—were arrested last week on federal charges alleging their involvement in a methamphetamine distribution network operating in the Western District of...
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A Bristol, Virginia resident has pleaded guilty to charges related to failing to register as a sex offender after spending two years evading authorities in Mexico.
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Three former employees of 1st Adult N Pediatric Healthcare, including the director of nursing, pleaded guilty in federal court to healthcare fraud and related charges.
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A Roanoke home health care attendant has admitted to billing Medicaid for services she did not provide.
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A man from Fries, Virginia, has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for mailing threats to harm several federal officials.
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A Wise County man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin into Southwest Virginia and for illegal firearm possession.
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A Danville woman has been sentenced to five years of probation, including 12 months of home detention, after pleading guilty to health care fraud that resulted in more than $116,000 in losses to the Virginia Medicaid program.
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A Maryland woman has admitted to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicaid through her leadership role at a Virginia-based home health agency.
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A former acting director of the Lynchburg Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Department (LCCPS) has admitted in federal court to accessing a protected law enforcement computer system and providing privileged information to her...
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A Catawba, Virginia resident was arrested in North Carolina on charges related to the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
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A Danville woman has been sentenced to probation and home confinement after admitting she failed to pay more than $600,000 in employment taxes related to her home health care business.
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A Roanoke man has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit robbery that resulted in the death of a drug supplier.
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A Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a kidnapping and ransom scheme that resulted in a fatal shooting in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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A Buchanan, Virginia man has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography.