Virginia Drug 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> United States of America v. Brian Lamont Turner </h2> </center>
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with prostitution racketeering and transporting prostitutes. On multiple occasions throughout 2023 and 2024, Brian Lamont Turner, 45, caused multiple adult victims to travel from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the States of North Carolina and South Carolina for the purpose of engaging in prostitution and other... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brian Lamont Turner </h2> </center>
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering prostitution and transporting prostitutes. On multiple occasions throughout 2023 and 2024, Brian Lamont Turner, 45, caused multiple adult victims to travel from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the States of North Carolina and South Carolina for the purpose of engaging in prostitution and othe... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - 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)<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. Ricardo Francisco Ordaz
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers Jessica Fay Phillips and Rhonda Quafliana represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and illegally transporting aliens resulting in death. Ricardo Franco Ordaz, 26, of Cedar Creek, Texas, arranged to transport victims from an area near the United States-Mexico border and bring them to a stash house near Austin, Texas. Once there, Ordaz,... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Damon Tyler Mills
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers, Brooke Alexander Duncan and Anthony Franklin Anderson, represented the Defendant charged with committing an armed robbery in violaiton of the Hobbs Act and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. On February 24, 2019, law enforcement responded to an apartment in Roanoke County, Virginia regarding a disturbance involving firearms.... More...
$ (01-13-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Briar Stephens
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Briar Stephens, age 24, of Bristol, Virginia, charged with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a drug trafficking crime.... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - 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. 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)United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for "drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.†JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies... More...
$0 (11-13-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Melvin Leon Myrick
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of "actual methamphetamine.â€<br> <br> At about 2:00 a.m. on April 20, 2022, a Colonial Heights, Virginia, police officer attempted to stop a silver Nissan for a traffic infraction. The Nissan, however, failed to stop and sped away, reaching well over 85... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Shaheem Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> During the 1990s, Johnson engaged in a multi-state drug-trafficking enterprise. During the ongoing drug-trafficking enterprise, Johnson was directly responsible for the deaths of two people.1 In one incident, Johnson, Damein Piranti, Rickey Piranti, and another coconspirator shot and kill... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Rodney D. Crawley
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with federal drug-trafficking.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - VA)Lisa Barnhill v. Pamela Jo Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on race and gender discrimination theories.<br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Call: 918-5... More...
$0 (05-15-2025 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Antonio Renaldo Wallace
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release.<br> <br> allace, who pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge in 2018, sought<br> compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) based on several health conditions,<br> including stage 2 hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, anxiety disorder, and suspected<br> long COVID.1... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - 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. Stanley Edward Johnson-Beay f/k/a Stanley Edward Johnson
<h2><br> Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating conditions for probation.<br> </h2><br> In 2003, Stanley Edward Johnson-Bey was convicted of a drug offense and given a suspended sentence. In 2022, following his fifth violation of the conditions of his probation and suspended sentence, the sentencing court imposed a portion of Johnson-Bey's then-... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - VA)Gabrielle Barbour v. Merrick B. Garland
<h2><br> Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff workplace discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Complaint reflects that, prior to her application for employment with the DEA as a Special Agent, Barbour had studied International Politics and Print Journalism at Pennsylvania State University, where she was also a student-athlete. See Complaint ¶ 10. After earnin... More...
$0 (06-24-2024 - VA)United States of America v. Alhagi Gassim Conteh
<h2><br> Alexandrian Virginia selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> From at least February to April 2024, Alhagi Gassim Conteh, 30, obtained nearly 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills imprinted with "M30,†but which contained fentanyl, and distributed them.<br> <br> Throughout the conspiracy, Conteh, a convicte... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - 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. Dyvae Davis
PER CURIAM:<br> <br> Dyvae Davis appeals his conviction following his guilty plea to possession with <br> intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and possession <br> of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. <br> § 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (D)(ii). On appeal, Davis argues the district court plainly erred by <br> accept... 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. Michael Vaughn
PER CURIAM:<br> Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Michael Brandon Vaughn of <br> five counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, in violation of 21 <br> U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious <br> bodily injury and death, also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); and <br> possessi... More...
$0 (12-25-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Michael Brandon Vaughn
Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Michael Brandon Vaughn of <br> five counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, in violation of 21 <br> U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious <br> bodily injury and death, also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); and <br> possession with intent to... More...
$0 (12-25-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Clinton Powell, Jr.
Clinton Cornelius Powell, Jr., pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to being a <br> felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possessing a <br> firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. <br> § 924(c)(1)(A)(i). The district court sentenced Powell to an aggregate term of 156 months' <br> imprisonment. On appeal, couns... More...
$0 (12-25-2023 - 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. Dr. Jasser Thiara
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with corruptly obstructing the IRS by underreporting his income and filing false tax returns in connection with his medical practice.<br> <br> Dr. Jasser Thiara owned and operated an obstetrics medical practice, doing business as Mid-Atlantic Ob-Gyn, and another doctor's office specializing in pain management called Fa... More...
$0 (12-18-2023 - VA)John Rodgers Burnley v. Alexandra M. Valentin
Richmond, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a civil rights racial discrimination theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff is a Black resident of Richmond, Virginia. (Compl. ¶ 4, ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff purchased his home in 1999, at which time the other residents of his block were "98 per cent [B]lack [A]fro- [A]mericans ....†(Id.) The demographic rat... 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. Daniel Burky
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing unregistered silencers and explosives while being an unlawful drug user.<br> <br> on July 14, 2022, Daniel Burky, 33, was being evicted from an apartment in Virginia Beach when law enforcement discovered explosives, silencers, firearms, and drugs in the apartment. During the search, law enforcement found, a... More...
$0 (10-24-2023 - 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. Herman Tyrone Washington
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possessing an animal for the purpose of having the venture aiding and abetting.<br> <br> Herman Tyrone Washington, 51, of Highland Springs, Virginia, was charged with conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and possession of a pitbull-type dog fo... More...
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