Virginia False Imprisonment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenya Mcchell Chapman </h2> </center>
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University (ODU), and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Mo... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenya Mcchell Chapman </h2> </center>
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University, and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, allegedly purchased three firearms that were recovered from crime scenes shortly afterw... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - 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. Adrian Knight
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer James Orlando Broccoletti represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. Adrian Knight, 41, owned Ace Auto Sales, LLC in Chesapeake. From March 2019 to January 2023, Knight engaged in a fraud conspiracy in which he and co-conspirators listed Ace as the seller of automobiles in buyers’ agreements or buyers’ o... More...
$ (01-13-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements within the jurisdication of the legislative branch of the United States Government. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is the federal statute making it a crime to knowingly and willfully make false statements, conceal material facts, or use false documents in matters within the jurisdiction of the U.S. g... More...
$ (11-24-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Letitia A. James
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. James, a Democrat, was indicted in October on one count of making false statements to a financial institution and one count of bank fraud. She pleaded not guilty to the two charges before the case was dismissed.... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents when interviewed about the activities. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi, 55, of Annandale, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2013, and was convicted of nineteen counts of aiding the preparation of a false income... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Jennifer Leigh Peters
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accessing a protected computer system to provide her then-boyfriend and probationer with sensitive non-public information, lying to federal investigators, and destroying evidence. Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of obstruction of a procee... More...
$ (12-14-2025 - VA)United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:<br> <br> Count 1:<br> 1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES<br> B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and<br> fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the<br> Governme... More...
$0 (10-13-2025 - 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)James Timothy Cook v. Roanoke Electric Stael Corporation, d/b/a Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division
Roanoke, Virginia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a violation of Virginia's retaliatory discharged law, Va. Code Ann. §§ 40.1-27.3 and 40.1-51.2:1 (2023. . Cook alleged that RESCO terminated his employment based on his protected act of reporting a potential<br> safety violation in the workplace.<br> <br> <br> Virginia Code § 40.1-27.3, Virginia's whistleblower... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Cody W. Brewer
<h2><br> City of Colonial Heights, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant chrged with computer fraud and grand larceny.<br> </h2><br> <br> Cody Wyche Brewer, by counsel, filed a petition on April 19, 2023, seeking a writ of actual innocence based on nonbiological evidence, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 19.3 of Title 19.2 of the Code of Virginia. By final order entered o... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - VA)Rachel Virk v. Gary L. Clemens
<h2><br> Leesburg, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a false imprisonment case.<br> </h2><br> <br> During a pretrial motions hearing, the presiding judge held Rachel Virk, an attorney, in contempt of court and ordered that she be seized, arrested, and incarcerated overnight. Virk subsequently brought a civil action, alleging claims of false imprisonment, negligence per s... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - VA)United States of America v. Daniel Kemp, Sr.
Defendant Daniel N. Kemp, Sr., was charged with nine counts of sexually abusing his adopted children. Pursuant to an agreement with the government, he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse, and the remaining charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Kemp to life imprisonment – a term within the Sentencing Guidelines range adopted by the court – and to ... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Keyon Paylon
Keyon Paylor ("Appellantâ€) filed a petition pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2255, seeking<br> to vacate his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and asserting that his <br> guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary. Specifically, Appellant contends that the law <br> enforcement officers involved in his arrest planted the firearm and stole thousands of <br> dollars from him and ... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - 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. Michael Brown
. 2 PER CURIAM: Michael M. Brown pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349, and aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. The district court sentenced Brown to a total term of 75 months' imprisonment. Brown's counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 ... 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. Melchor Calderon
PER CURIAM:<br> <br> In 2014, Melchor Calderon was convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act <br> robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951; possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, <br> in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1)(B)(i); conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation <br> of 21 U.S.C. § 846; and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1201(a). Caldero... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Andy Tovar
PER CURIAM: <br> Andy Tovar entered a plea of nolo contendere to conspiracy to participate in a <br> racketeering enterprise, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d); and conspiracy to commit <br> murder in aid of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5); and pleaded <br> guilty to a second count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity, in <br> violati... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Christopher Zoukis
On the merits, Appellant contends the district court abused its discretion when it <br> denied his motion for early termination of supervised release. Appellant pled guilty on <br> December 26, 2007 to one count of knowingly possessing child pornography in violation <br> of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2) and one count of knowingly receiving child <br> pornography in violation of 1... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Christopher Zoukis
PER CURIAM:<br> <br> Appellant Christopher Hardy Zoukis appeals the district court's order denying his <br> motion for early termination of supervised release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e). Also <br> pending before the court is the Government's motion to dismiss Appellant's appeal. That <br> motion is denied.<br> On the merits, Appellant contends the district court abused its discretion when ... More...
$0 (12-25-2023 - 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. David Anthony Taylor
David Anthony Taylor appeals from his 240-month sentence, imposed at <br> resentencing. On appeal, Taylor asserts that the sentencing judge gave undue consideration <br> to the judgment imposed by a different judge at Taylor's original sentencing hearing. <br> Finding no error, we affirm.<br> In 2013, a jury convicted Taylor of two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery and <br> one count of posses... 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. Alif Adil
A federal jury convicted Alif Jan Adil of abusive sexual contact, in violation of 18 <br> U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3); coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, in <br> violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b); and possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 <br> U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(A), (b)(2). The district court sentenced Adil to a total of 150 months' <br> imprisonment. On... 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. MALIK SHROPSHIRE
In 2016, Malik Shropshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede the Internal <br> Revenue Service, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; and making false statements on a loan <br> application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1014. The district court sentenced Shropshire <br> to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. After <br> Shropshire was released onto su... More...
$0 (12-24-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Denzel Akeem Loftin
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking two minors.<br> <br> In September 2022, Denzel Akeem Loftin, 32, began chatting with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 17-year-old girl living in Pennsylvania. Loftin said he was a pimp and proposed that the girl come to Virginia to work for him. The next month, he posted advertisements... More...
$0 (12-20-2023 - 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)United States of America v. William B. Sink
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.4 million in payments from an out-of-state aircraft company, pled guilty last week to one count of wire fraud.<br> <br> In July 2022, William B. Sink, 55, and an unidentified co-conspirator named "Vanessa,†created a fictitious business, "The Rockn U Farms, LLC,†and then opened... More...
$0 (12-18-2023 - VA)State of West Virginia v. Gerald Wayne Davis
Charleston, West Virginia defendant was charged with sexual assault and kidnapping.<br> <br> Gerald Wayne Davis, age 26, and, his father Dewey Davis, were charged with abducting, sexually abusing and sexually assaulting a woman.<br> <br> <br> The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia described the case against Davis as follows:<br> <br> "The charges against the appellant arose primarily from ... More...
$0 (12-31-1986 - VA)United States of America v. Derrick Jabbar Brown
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of obscene visual representation of the sexual abuse of children in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1446, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Whoever is engaged in the business of producing with intent to distribute or sell, or selling or transferring obscene matter, who knowingly receives or possesses with intent to dist... More...
$0 (10-24-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Heather Ann Huffman
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud at least five states of more than $3.5 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits.<br> <br> "Heather A. Huffman organized a massive VEC fraud conspiracy and abused her position as a federal employee to steal funds meant for those struggling with employment security and the economic... More...
$0 (09-01-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Heather Ann Huffman
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud at least five states of more than $3.5 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits.<br> <br> "Heather Ann Huffman organized a massive VEC fraud conspiracy and abused her position as a federal employee to steal funds meant for those struggling with employment security and the economi... More...
$0 (08-23-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Shai Cohen
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud and to commit offenses against the United States, bringing aliens to the United States for financial gain, encouraging and inducing aliens to unlawfully come to, enter and reside in the United States for financial gain, harboring illegal aliens and money laundering.<br> <br> Shai Cohen, 39, all... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - VA)United States of America v. O’Ryan Jones
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement on an application for a passport and aggravated identity theft.O'Ryan Jones, 54, after having been denied a passport in his own name, applied for a passport in the name and using the identifying information of his brother. In preparation for the passport fraud, the defendant also obtained his... More...
$0 (08-03-2023 - 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...
$0 (07-25-2023 - VA)United States of America v. George A. Nader
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful contributions from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to unwitting political committees in the United States.<br> <br> George A. Nader, 64, served as an advisor to senior UAE government officials during the relevant period. Nader conspired with co-defendant Ahmad "Andy†Khawaja to transfer $4.9 million to f... More...
$0 (07-18-2023 - VA)United States ex rel. Vogel v. OMNI Business Systems, Inc., et al.
Alexandria, Virginia commercial litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently misrepresenting the country of origin for over a dozen toner products manufactured by HP, Inc., and offering them for sale, as Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant, through a General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract and an Air Force B... More...
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