Virginia Controlled Substance Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. John Coleman, III </h2> </center>
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with distributing thousands of fentanyl pills, pounds of methamphetamine, and kilograms of cocaine, among other drugs, while possessing a firearm. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> John Coleman, III, 35, distributed... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Devon Lamar Washington </h2> </center>
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing a controlled substance, simultaneously possessing a firearm and a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, illegally possessing a machine gun, and carrying a concealed weapon. On September 28, 2023, the Fredericksburg Police Department received several complaints regarding c... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Antoine Kassis </h2> </center>
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in narco-terrorism and providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Antoine Kassis, 59, is a Lebanon-based drug trafficker who used his high-level access to the Syrian government under the Assad regime to traffic cocaine and weapons. Kassis launder... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - VA)United States of America v. Alexander Michael Martinez, a/k/a "Rambo"
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. on Feb. 8, 2023, law enforcement intercepted a parcel containing approximately 2.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.1 kilograms of cocaine. The parcel was addressed to an individual who had agreed to receive it on behalf of Alexander Mi... More...
$ (03-04-2026 - VA)United States of America v. Jermaine Crayton Jr.
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. In August 2025, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Smyth County Sheriff’s Office, City of Bristol Virginia Police Department, Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Of... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - VA)United States of America v. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, and Vitaliy Borisenko
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the Export Administration Regulations. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, age 54, of Fairfax, and Vitaliy Borisenko, age 39, of Vienna, Virginia, operated an e-commerce website that allowed Russian customers to order U.S. goods and techn... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin Russell Beasley
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Nov. 1, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel, shipped from California, containing over three kilograms of cocaine. Investigators performed a controlled delivery of the parcel to the intended address in Portsmouth, a... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Brian Keith Anderson
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine and sale of a firearm to a convicted felon. during seven controlled buys conducted by law enforcement from Jan. 16, 2024, to Feb. 25, 2025, Brian Keith Anderson, 48, distributed a total of 117.29 grams of methamphetamine. During a controlled buy conducted on June 14, 2024, in addit... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Alcides Castro-Martinez
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling ten firearms, including a short-barrel shotgun, to an undercover source working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Between February 2025 and August 2025, ATF utilized a confidential source to conduct seven separate controlled purchases involving a total of ten firearms from... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Briar Stephens
Abingdon, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 21:846=CD.F - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - 21:846 and 841(b)(1)(B) - Knowingly and Intentionally conspired to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl (10/2024) 21:841A=CD.F - CONTROLLED S... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. James Arthur Scott
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ossession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, see 21 U.S.C.<br> § 841.... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - VA)Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. The County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
Fairfax, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of the so-called sensitive places doctrine, which allows the government to restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations.<br> <br> A Fairfax County ordinance prohibits "[t]he possession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof†in va... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jacob Ryan Tolley
Lexington, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> On April 4, 2022, officers from the Botetourt-Rockbridge Regional Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") conducted surveillance of a home located at 36 Edgewood Drive in the City of Lexington. Members of the Task Force had been sworn in as Special State Police Officers ("SSPOs") with the Virgin... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Shjon Michael Stamps
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> Around 1:20 a.m. on January 5, 2023, Virginia Beach Police Officer Christopher Grimm was surveilling a house that police suspected was involved in "narcotics activity." The house shared a driveway with another home. Grimm observed a 1996 white Cadillac with antique license pla... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jerome Lee Wilkerson
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs.<br> <br> On February 20, 2020, Sergeant Hoggard of the Norfolk Sherriff's Office received information that there was cocaine in cell block 2K of the Norfolk City Jail. After the inmates were all secured in one area, Sergeant Hoggard and a team searched cell block 2K with a narcotics-detec... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VA)Northern Virgina Hemp and Agriculture, LLC, et a. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sought declaratory and other relief.<br> <br> <br> Virginia recognized it had a marijuana problem. For years, federal law has classified<br> marijuana as a controlled substance. But in the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress excluded<br> "hempâ€â€”which it defined as Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant "with a de... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - VA)Winchester Department of Social Sevices v. Jennifer Elizabeth Jones
<h2><br> Winchester, Virginia family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination case.<br> </h2><br> <br> Mother is the biological parent to two children, H.J. and R.J.[2] The family first came to the Winchester Department of Social Services' (the Department) attention in 2020, when H.J. was born at 25-weeks gestation, and tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana exposu... More...
$0 (01-16-2024 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Steven Nicholas Dawson
<h2><br> Verona, Virginia possession of cocaine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> On March 23, 2021, a confidential and reliable informant (CRI) informed former Staunton Police Department Investigator Stuart Green that a man staying in Room 118 at the Skyline Motel had illegal narcotics and a firearm in his possession. She gave Green the man's first name, and he... More...
$0 (09-10-2024 - VA)Lindsey Nicole Perkins v. Rebecca Lynn (Hicks) Howington, et al.
<h2><br> Tazwell, Virginia adoption lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2019, mother and father shared joint legal custody over their biological child, with mother having primary physical custody. On February 14, 2020, father married stepmother. In March, the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court ("J&DR district court") granted father temporary legal and... More...
$0 (09-10-2024 - VA)United States of America v. Micheal Prince
PER CURIAM:<br> <br> Micheal Geronald Prince pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to <br> conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute various controlled substances, including—<br> as attributable to him through his own conduct and the conduct of other conspirators <br> reasonably foreseeable to him—five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more <br> of coca... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Santuron Cureton
PER CURIAM:<br> <br> Santuron Cureton pleaded guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to possession <br> of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); distribution and <br> possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and <br> possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Thomas Anthony Marshall and Jonathon Hayden Marshall
Charlottesville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute more than 10,000 pressed fentanyl pills in Culpeper, Virginia and surrounding counties.<br> <br> Thomas Anthony Marshall, 25, and Jonathon Hayden Marshall, 20, both pled guilty in August 2023 to identical charges, that is, one count of conspiring to distribute and possess w... More...
$0 (12-21-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Rayan Sharaf
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding three cryptocurrency trading platforms of more than $300,000.<br> <br> Between 2021 and 2022, Rayan Sharaf, 55, ran a novel cryptocurrency fraud scheme. As part of the scheme, Sharaf moved funds from his individual bank accounts to accounts at cryptocurrency trading platforms. After purchasing cryptocurr... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Wendell Lewis Randall
Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring with others to use, in the course of dispensing and distributing controlled substances, a DEA registration number issued to another person. DEA registration numbers are unique identifiers issued to medical providers in order to track who issues drug prescriptions and to ensure only qualified providers pres... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Donald Edward Ponder
Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On May 4, 2022, officers with the Martinsville Police Department encountered Donald Edward Ponder, III, age 36, walking towards Fidelity Bank in Martinsville, Virginia. Ponde... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Debra Shaffer
Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the DEA Registration number of another while prescribing controlled substances. <br> <br> Debra Shaffer, of New Castle, Virginia r was an important part of a years-long scheme to illegitimately distribute Suboxone by staff providers who lacked the training, experience, and legal authority to prescribe Suboxone... More...
$0 (10-24-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Alonso Cantu-Cantu
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled <br> substances.<br> <br> Alonso Cantu-Cantu, 46, of Houston, was the major source of supply for a drug conspiracy that distributed more than 33 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 6 kilograms of cocaine into Southwest and Central Virginia through a multi-jurisdictional drug traf... More...
$0 (08-10-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Deja Nicole Taylor
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and unlawful user of controlled substance while possessing a firearm.<br> <br> Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was charged for having a gun and letting a child take it to school.<br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (06-05-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Justine Kyle Elliott
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.<br> <br> Justine Kyle Elliott, 33, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possess... More...
$0 (05-23-2023 - VA)United States of America v. William Griggs
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, opening two drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl mixed with Xylazine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. <br> <br> on or about Febr... More...
$0 (05-03-2023 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jaron Devontae Nottingham
Eastville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant violation of probation.<br> <br> <br> On September 29, 2009, appellant was convicted of breaking and entering and felony destruction of property; on January 29, 2010, on each conviction, he was sentenced to five years' incarceration, with five years suspended. In 2011, appellant was found in violation of his probation for failing to... More...
$0 (03-21-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Kenneth James Hughes, Jr.
Harrisonburg, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.<br> <br> Following a fentanyl overdose resulting in the death of the user on October 23 2020, an investigation by law enforcement revealed Kenneth James Hughes, Jr., age 27, from Winchester, Virginia, and his supplier to be the deceased user's source of supply. <br> <br> L... More...
$0 (04-12-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Gregory Allen Miller
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.<br> <br> Gregory Allen Miller, 47, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and one count of possessing a firearm... More...
$0 (03-29-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Thanh Rudin and Seir Havana
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loans initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp... More...
$0 (02-17-2023 - VA)United States of America v. William Everett Himes
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing with the intent to distribute crystal ice methamphetamine and for illegal possession of a firearm. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/virginia/news/abingdon/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Abingdon</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><b... More...
$0 (01-12-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Guy Benjamin Bowman
Abingdon, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a cross-county drug distribution of drugs.<br> <br> Guy Benjamin Bowman, 57, was convicted following a jury trial in July 2022 of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distributing 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine as well as one count o... More...
$0 (12-02-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki, and aka Umm Mohammed
Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with organizing and leading an all-female military battalion in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.<br> <br> Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki, and aka Umm Mohammed, 42, a former resident of Kansas, traveled overseas and, ... More...
$0 (11-02-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Craig Antonio Dawson
Norfolk, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing cocaine in violation of violation of 18 U.S.C. 841, which provides: <br> <br> (a) Unlawful acts<br> <br> Except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—<br> <br> (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, dist... More...
$0 (10-18-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Natasha Wallace
Abingdon, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking in metha.<br> <br> Natasha Wallace, 42, from Bistol, Virginia, pleaded guilty in June 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crystal methamphetamine. Court records show that Wallace admitted to personally trafficking more than 10 kilograms of methampheta... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Quin Ngoc Rudin
Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).<br> <br> Quin Ngoc Rudin, 55, a convicted felon, was the Secretary, Director and Chief Financial Officer of Mana Tax Services, a tax preparation business in the Los Angeles area. Rudin engaged in a conspiracy to commit two fraud schemes u... More...
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