Crime & Safety
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Former postal worker in North Chesterfield sentenced to four years in prison for major mail theft and bank fraud scheme
Richmond, Virginia – A North Chesterfield man who abused his position within the U.S. Postal Service to carry out a large-scale…
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Six defendants sentenced after stealing more than 10 million dollars from Virginia Medicaid system
Lynchburg, Virginia – A large-scale healthcare fraud scheme that stretched across years and drained millions from a public system has now…
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Norfolk man sentenced to seven years in federal prison for cocaine distribution and firearm offenses
Norfolk, Virginia – A man from Norfolk will spend years behind bars after federal authorities uncovered a series of drug sales…
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Three Virginia defendants sentenced for stealing more than $650,000 through pandemic unemployment fraud scheme
Abingdon, Virginia – Three individuals involved in a large fraud scheme that targeted pandemic unemployment benefits have been sentenced in federal…
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Federal court sentences Ghanaian national for role in romance scam that defrauded victim of more than one million dollars
Alexandria, Virginia – A Ghanaian national has been sentenced to prison after authorities uncovered a large-scale romance scam that persuaded a…
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Newport News man identified and arrested in Roanoke County robbery case
Roanoke, Virginia – A man accused of robbing a Roanoke County credit union branch is now in custody after authorities…
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Mother, who didn’t call for help when her 4-year-old son died and lived with his dead body for a while before wrapping him in a shopping bag and dumping his body, was sentenced
Georgia – In a deeply disturbing case in Georgia, a 31-year-old mother, identified as K. Cotton, who admitted to living…
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Woman, who used a knife to remove the unborn baby from a woman’s uterus after killing the soon-to-be mother and then claiming to have given birth to the baby, was sentenced
Missouri – In one of the most harrowing criminal cases to shake Arkansas and Missouri in recent memory, a 45-year-old…
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Missing 17-year-old girl found dead after the 39-year-old man she met through online gaming lured her out of her home only to kill her before dumping her body; man arrested
Indiana – In a heartbreaking turn to a weeks-long missing person investigation, a 17-year-old girl from Indiana, identified as H. Buzbee was…
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13-year-old boy died after his drunk father, who was “practicing drawing” a gun from his waistband, shot him in the chest; father charged
Florida – In a heartbreaking case out of Florida, a 39-year-old man, identified as G. Zecca, has been charged months…
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