Category: Virginia – Western District
Former Roanoke-Area EMS Worker Sentenced for Tampering with Fentanyl and Hydromorphone | USAO-WDVA
ROANOKE, Va. – A former emergency medical services worker for Roanoke County Emergency Medical Services, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with vials of fentanyl…
Inmate at USP Lee Sentenced for Assault, Possessing a Weapon in Prison | USAO-WDVA
You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 14, 2021 ABINGDON, Va. – An inmate at USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia was sentenced last week to 72 months for assaulting…
Southwest Virginia Nonprofit Receives Federal Funding to Assist Victims | USAO-WDVA
ROANOKE, Va. – A Southwest Virginia nonprofit legal aid society will receive more than $585,000 from the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Program of the Department of Justice’s Office on…
Bristol Man Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges | USAO-WDVA
ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Virginia man was sentenced last week to 21 and a-half years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of…
Big Stone Gap Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud | USAO-WDVA
ABINGDON, Va.– A Big Stone Gap, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to participating in a conspiracy that defrauded the government of more than $790,000 in pandemic-related unemployment funds and…
Buchanan County Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges | USAO-WDVA
ABINGDON, Va.– A Whitewood, Virginia man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for distributing child pornography using a means or facility of interstate commerce. According to court documents,…
Martinsville Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon | USAO-WDVA
DANVILLE, Va. – A Martinsville, Virginia man was sentenced last month to 140 months in prison for possessing child pornography and possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of…
Buchanan Woman Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud | USAO-WDVA
ROANOKE, Va.– A Buchanan, Virginia woman was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in February to multiple credit card fraud charges. According to court documents,…
Former EDA Director Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges | USAO-WDVA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.– A federal grand jury in Charlottesville returned an indictment last week charging the former executive director of the Economic Development Authority of the Town of Front Royal and…
Five Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Charges | USAO-WDVA
ABINGDON, Va.– Five Southwest Virginia residents who conspired with more than 30 others to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment…
