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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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.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia has announced a non-prosecution agreement with Michael Elijah Leonard, a Lebanon, Virginia Town Council member, and his sister Amber Musick.
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A Roanoke man, Joseph Richard Walker, 30, has pled guilty in federal court to charges related to the robbery and murder of his drug supplier.
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A former Army officer and attorney was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for destroying U.S. Army property and making false statements to federal investigators.