Virginia Armed Robbery Law
 

United States of America v. Justin Eugene Taylor

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with three counts
of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).

For his participation in an unsuccessful robbery during which his accomplice shot a man, respondent Justin Taylor faced charges of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1... More...
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Zackary Thomas Burkard


Fairfax, Virginia voluntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.




This case involves a fight between two groups of South County high-school students that began with heckling over social media and ended in Burkard's committing a double homicide. In April 2021, Burkard and his friend, Nicholas Guidinetti, exchanged combative snapchats with Is... More...
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Evelyn M. Baker v. Wawa, Inc.

Norfolk, Virginia personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability theory negligence theory.

Virginia premises liability law dictates the legal obligations of property owners and occupiers to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition and to avoid foreseeable injuries to visitors. Here's a breakdown of the key points... More...
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Mildred Rohm v. Kroger Limited Partnership I

Charlottesville, Virginia personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liablity negligence theory.

Virginia premises liability law dictates the legal obligations of property owners and occupiers to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition and to avoid foreseeable injuries to visitors. Here's a breakdown of the key points... More...
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United States of America v. Melchor Calderon

PER CURIAM:

In 2014, Melchor Calderon was convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act
robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951; possessing a firearm during a crime of violence,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1)(B)(i); conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation
of 21 U.S.C. § 846; and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1201(a). Calderon filed
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United States of America v. David Anthony Taylor

David Anthony Taylor appeals from his 240-month sentence, imposed at
resentencing. On appeal, Taylor asserts that the sentencing judge gave undue consideration
to the judgment imposed by a different judge at Taylor’s original sentencing hearing.
Finding no error, we affirm.
In 2013, a jury convicted Taylor of two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery and
one count of poss... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Cruz

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and identity theft charges in connection with stealing the identity of the owner of a Richmond auto shop, Lotsey & Hardy Tire Company.

According to court documents, around January 2022, Daniel Cruz, 30, obtained the owner’s personal information and used that information to take over the auto shop and it... More...
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United States of America v. Richard Horne

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Ricardo Horne, 41, and his co-defendants Michael Brown, 40, and Rashanda Booker, 38, both also from Richmond, robbed a Family Dollar on April 17, 2022 and a Dollar General on April 28, 2022.

On April 17, 2022, Horne and Brown forcefully grabbed a Family Dollar employee as he sought to emp... More...
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United States of America v. Li Liu, Yang Gao and Ye Wang

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with engaging in a conspiracy to launder money derived from running a prostitution business.





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United States of America v. Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in large-scale cocaine trafficking.




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United States of America v. Markel Corevis Morton, Adrian Anderson, and Quincy Brock

Charlottesville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.




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United States of America v. Charles Joseph hood

Harrisburg, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank robbery.

On January 4, 2022, Charles Joseph Hood, age 63, from Harrisburg, Virginia, walked into the bank wearing a dark mask, sunglasses, hat, wig, and brown work boots and initially inquired about opening an account with the manager of the bank. Once inside the manager’s office, Hood brandished what appea... More...
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United States of America v. Rashawn Perkins

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Rashawn Perkins, 28, wore a ski mask and brandished a firearm while committing four robberies in five weeks. The evidence established that Perkins robbed a 7-Eleven on December 30, 2021 and a Sunoco on January 19, 2022. The evidence further proved that on February 5, 2022, Perkins returned to both l... More...
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United States of America v. Muata Khalif

Richmond, Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud to defraud the American Red Cross of disaster relief funds donated to the Red Cross by members of the American public for the benefit of the victims of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Muata Khalif, 55, conspired with other individuals to obtain the personal information of Texas residents, and to use that personal ... More...
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United States of America v. Greenbrier Luxury Apartment Homes and Chase Arbor Apartments

Chesapeake and Virginia Beach lawyers represented Defendant landlords were accused of violating they Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) .

Two Virginia landlords have agreed to pay $225,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by obtaining unlawful court judgments against military tenants at the Hideaway at Greenbrier Luxury Apartment Hom... More...
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United States of America v. Cape Henry Associates

Alexandria, Virginia fraud defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act.

Cape Henry Associates (Cape Henry), located in Virginia Beach, agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to inform contracting officers of the company’s organizational conflicts of interest in connection with the award and perf... More...
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United States of America v. Peter Le, Young Yoo, Joseph Lamborn and Tony Le

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and other felonies.

A federal jury convicted four defendants on numerous charges relating to a murder, a violent gang enterprise, and a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Virginia, California, and several other states.

According to court records and evidence pres... More...
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United States of America v. Diogo Santos Coelho

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with cybercriminal crimes.

The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, and unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums’ founder and chief administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho, 21, of Portugal. Coelho wa... More...
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United States of America v. Jon Karl Mcree Fleet

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robberies.

Between January 24, 2021, and March 13, 2021, Jon Karl Mcree Fleet, 62, robbed a Macy’s Store in Springfield; a McDonald’s restaurant in Alexandria; a Subway restaurant in Largo, Maryland; a Papa John’s restaurant in Falls Church; and a Domino’s restaurant in... More...
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United States of America v. Kashif Rhodes, Goat Cheese

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charge.



First, Rhodes contends that the district court miscalculated his base offense level
upon finding that Rhodes had a prior felony conviction for a crime of violence,
specifically North Carolina robbery... More...
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United States of America v. Thomas Hammond

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with attempted bank robbery and one count of bank robbery charges.



In 2017, Hammond pleaded guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery and one
count of bank robbery, both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Before sentencing, the
probation officer prepar... More...
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United States of America v. Saiydin Muhammad

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a interference with commerce by robbery charge.



We review “de novo the question whether a prior state conviction constitutes a
predicate felony conviction for purposes of a federal sentence enhancement.” United
States v. Valdovinos, 760 F.3d 322, 325... More...
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GARY LYNN TOLIVER, JR., a/k/a BG, a/k/a Lil Gary, a/k/a Garry Toliver, Jr.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MIKAL MUSTAFA MIX, a/k/a Stash, a/k/a Dirty Boy, a/k/a Mikail Mix, a/k/a Man Man

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with racketeering and various violent crimes



This case concerns Toliver’s and Mix’s participation in the
BHB gang in Norfolk, Virginia. The evidence presented at trial
described both the overall structure of the gang and specific
instances of ... More...
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United States of America v. Mohammed Khalifa, aka Abu Ridwan Al-Kanadi

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Providing Material Support or Resources Namely, Personnel (including himself) and Services, to a Foreign Terrorist Organization in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2339B.

A Saudi-born Canadian citizen, Mohammed Khalifa, aka Abu Ridwan Al-Kanadi and Abu Muthanna Al-Muhajir, 38, served in prominent roles within ISIS start... More...
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Stephen Bishop, ex rel United States of America v. Level 3 Communications, Inc.

Alexandria, Virginia qui tam whistle blower lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory under 31 U.S.C. 3729, which provides:

(a) Liability for Certain Acts.—
(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), any person who—
(A) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;
(B) knowi... More...
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United States of America v. Shon E. Melton

Norfolk, VA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with trafficking drugs and guns.

Shon E. Melton, 32, of Portsmouth, was attributed with trafficking 19 firearms, including a concealable short barrel shotgun, assault rifles, and stolen guns, one of which was a Ruger with a scope and laser modification. Firearms trafficked by Melton include stolen guns connected to burglar... More...
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United States of America v. JONATHAN DUJAN GARDIN

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting; brandishing a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence and aiding and abetting, and discharging a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence charges.



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United States of America v. DYLANN STORM ROOF

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Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one weapon-possession count charges.



I. OVERVIEW
In 2015, Dylann Storm Roof, then 21 years old, shot and killed nine members of the
historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (�... More...
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United States of America v. Ronnell Kareem Levon Johnson

Richmond, Virginia armed robbery charge criminal defense lawyer represented Ronnell Kareem Levon Johnson, 27, of Norfolk, for his role in robbing a Sprint Store in Colonial Heights in January 2019.

“As the evidence at trial demonstrated, the defendant and his co-conspirator participated in an armed robbery in which they restrained and frightened the victims,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U... More...
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Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Lamont Lendell Bagley with a second-offense possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance with intent to distribute charge.



At about 3:00 a.m. on January 26, 2019, Officers Megan Lynch and Austin Earlenbaugh
of the Henrico County Police Department responded to a ... More...
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Juan Luis Lopez v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Luis Lopez with a escaping from the custody of a law enforcement officer by force, disarming a law enforcement officer of his impact weapon, a baton, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer of his weapon and engaging in an assault and battery on a law enforcement officer charges.

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Anthony Brian Barnett v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with wounding by mob, and assault and battery.



“On appeal, ‘we consider the evidence and all reasonable inferences flowing from that
evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party at trial.’” Smith v.
Commo... More...
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Jason Laufetette Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with six counts of grand larceny, six counts of grand larceny with intent to sell, three counts of unlawfully entering a vehicle, and three counts of damaging personal property belonging to another.



On March 13, 2017, Brooks was indicted for offenses that oc... More...
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United States of America v. Devon Allen Odell Scott

Richmond, Virginia kidnapping criminal defense lawyer represented, Devon Allen Odell Scott, who was charged with kidnapping and carjacking of a woman.

According to allegations in the indictment, on Sept. 18, 2019, Devon Allen Odell Scott, 38, of Edgewood, abducted a woman for the purpose of committing a sexual assault on and robbery of that same victim, and after traveling from Maryland t... More...
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Kevin Miles Lydon v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Manassas, VA - abduction with the intent to defile













The appellant�s abduction conviction arose from acts committed by him against the victim at
t... More...
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Timothy Warnick, s/k/a Timothy William Warnick v. Commonwealth of Virginia












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William Howard Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia











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Aaron Emile McArthur v. Commonwealth of Virginia
















On May 12, 2018,... More...
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United States of America v. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins





Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins with conspiracy to gather or deliver defense information to aid a foreign government.

According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Peter Rafael Dzibins... More...
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United States of America v. Charles Algernon Boomer III

Norfolk, VA - The United States of America charged Charles Algernon Boomer III with trafficking five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine and for possessing with intent to distribute at least 28 grams of crack cocaine.

�Charles Algernon Boomer III has a criminal history that includes nearly 100 criminal charges, and more than 40 total convictions,� said G. Z... More...
   $0 (07-03-2020 - VA)

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