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 Charlottesville man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for child pornography charges.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Justin Johiah Curtright, 40, and Christin Marie Curtright, 32, from Springfield, Missouri.
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An additional five individuals involved in a pandemic unemployment benefit fraud scheme have been sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia.
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A Gate City, Virginia man has been convicted of making a threat in interstate commerce.
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A federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia, has indicted Frank Smith, a 27-year-old man from Daytona Beach, Florida, on charges related to sex trafficking.
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A federal grand jury in Roanoke has indicted a Vinton, Virginia man on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors.
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A Roanoke man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, which he used to shoot another individual.
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A Danville woman has admitted to defrauding Medicaid of over $116,000 by falsely claiming nearly 10,000 hours of personal care services from her estranged husband.
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Michael Donivan White, a 36-year-old from South Carolina, has been sentenced to 100 years in federal prison.
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A couple from Springfield, Missouri, has been arrested and charged with transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
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The former Executive Director of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority (SRRA), Melissa Slemp Rose, has been sentenced to time served plus three years of supervised release.
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Six individuals involved in a scheme to defraud the United States through pandemic unemployment benefits have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia.
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A pair of Roanoke residents involved in fentanyl trafficking have been sentenced to federal prison.
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The third individual involved in the June 2023 robbery of Carter Bank and Trust on Hershberger Road, Roanoke, has pled guilty.
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A man from Ivanhoe, Virginia, has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
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A Buchanan, Virginia man has entered a guilty plea to federal charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography.
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Acting United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee announced that the Western District of Virginia collected $11,714,277 in criminal and civil actions during Fiscal Year 2024.
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A Shenandoah, Virginia resident has admitted to wire fraud charges for embezzling over $200,000 from his former employer.
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A Roanoke man has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for his involvement in a gun store burglary.
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A former Virginia Tech communications professor, Michael Horning, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.