Crime & Safety
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Roanoke area residents charged in major PPP loan fraud scheme
Roanoke, Virginia – Twenty-four people from the greater Roanoke area have been charged by a federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia,…
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Fentanyl distribution leads to 12-year sentence for Lynchburg man
Lynchburg, Virginia – A Lynchburg man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for distributing nearly 75 grams…
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Hampton woman receives five-year prison term for COVID-19 loan fraud
Newport News, Virginia – A Hampton woman, Lapondia Wallace, 53, was sentenced to five years in prison today for her…
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Virginia man faces charges for embezzling over $200,000 from employer
Charlottesville, Virginia – A federal grand jury in Charlottesville has charged Vernon Fisher, a 66-year-old man from Shenandoah, Virginia, with…
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Mail theft and fraud scheme leads to prison sentences for two Chesapeake men
Chesapeake, Virginia – Two Chesapeake men, Isaiah J. Card, 24, and Dahnico Jharon McCoy, 22, were recently sentenced to seven…
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Portsmouth man sentenced to 17 years in prison for illegal firearm purchases
Portsmouth, Virginia – Dartanguia Antonious Lee, a 42-year-old Portsmouth man with multiple aliases, including Donte, Dante, Dionte, Snoop, Snookie, and…
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Colorado man pleads guilty in Virginia court to defrauding investors out of millions with cryptocurrency trading bot scam
Virginia – Colorado resident Robert Wesley Robb, aged 46, entered a guilty plea earlier this week in Virginia court for engaging…
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Virginia business owner pleads guilty to multi-million dollar COVID-19 fraud scheme
Alexandria, Virginia – A Fredericksburg man, Sherman Green Jr., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for…
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Last of six MS-13 members sentenced in major federal racketeering case
Alexandria, Virginia – The last of six La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members was sentenced today. These members were convicted…
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Justice Department imposes largest-ever fine on Envigo for animal cruelty and environmental violations
Virginia – Envigo RMS LLC and Envigo Global Services Inc., subsidiaries of Inotiv, have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to…
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