Chesterfield, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute tax-paid cigarettes and conspiracy to commit a felony.

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Lexington, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.

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)

City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.

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)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs.

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)

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony firearm possession.

David Alan Cheatwood with possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Cheatwood moved to suppress evidence obtained from him upon a search of his vehicle, on two grounds: 1) police officers did not
have reasonable suspicion to seize him, and 2) the... More...    $0 (01-02-2025 - VA)

Keyon Paylor (“Appellant”) filed a petition pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2255, seeking
to vacate his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and asserting that his
guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary. Specifically, Appellant contends that the law
enforcement officers involved in his arrest planted the firearm and stole thousands of
dollars from him and that... More...    $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

PER CURIAM:

Dyvae Davis appeals his conviction following his guilty plea to possession with
intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and possession
of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (D)(ii). On appeal, Davis argues the district court plainly erred by
accepting ... More...    $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

PER CURIAM:

Santuron Cureton pleaded guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to possession
of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); distribution and
possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and
possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C... More...    $0 (12-26-2023 - VA)

PER CURIAM:
Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Michael Brandon Vaughn of
five counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, in violation of 21
U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious
bodily injury and death, also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); and
possession w... More...    $0 (12-25-2023 - VA)

Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Michael Brandon Vaughn of
five counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, in violation of 21
U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious
bodily injury and death, also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); and
possession with intent to dis... More...    $0 (12-25-2023 - VA)

A federal jury convicted Alif Jan Adil of abusive sexual contact, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3); coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b); and possession of child pornography, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(A), (b)(2). The district court sentenced Adil to a total of 150 months’
imprisonment. On app... More...    $0 (12-25-2023 - VA)

Clinton Cornelius Powell, Jr., pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to being a
felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possessing a
firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i). The district court sentenced Powell to an aggregate term of 156 months’
imprisonment. On appeal, counsel... More...    $0 (12-25-2023 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Lynn Edward Bowen, 46, pled guilty in October 2023 to one count of receiving any firearm affecting interstate or foreign commerce, while knowing or having a reasonable cause to believe such receipt would constitute a felony.

According to court documents, on June 16, 2... More...    $0 (11-29-2023 - VA)

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.

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)

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:

(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)

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.

"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)

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.

“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 econo... More...    $0 (08-23-2023 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances.

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)

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.

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)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of the national firearms act.

Trashawn Newsome, 21, was in possession of a machine gun on October 6, 2022. That day, Chesapeake Police officers were investigating a vehicle reported stolen in the vicinity of Camelot Boulevard. News... More...    $0 (06-02-2023 - VA)

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with shootings and related drug trafficking activities.

Aaron Lee Woods, 28, pleaded guilty to one count each of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of 100 kilograms or more of marijuana as well as one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

A third man, D... More...    $0 (06-02-2023 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.

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)

Chesapeake, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the terms and conditions of suspended sentence.


Jeffery Lamont Harris was accused to violating the terms and conditions of a suspected sentence by engaging in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine; the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute cocaine; and grand larce... More...    $0 (05-23-2023 - VA)

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.

on or about Febr... More...    $0 (05-03-2023 - VA)

Eastville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a Schedule III drug and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.


During the week of May 28, 2020, seventeen-year-old K.C. and her family were visiting relatives in Northampton County. K.C.'s friend E.S., also a minor, joined them on the trip. Earlier th... More...    $0 (04-11-2023 - VA)

Eastville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a gun by a nonviolent felon and possession with intent to distribute between a half-ounce and five pounds of marijuana... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - VA)

Eastville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a bomb hoax, possession of a mixture of fentanyl, cocaine, and xylaxine (Zi La Zeen), a veterinary sedative, and possession of a firearm by a felon.... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - VA)

Norfolk, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of wrongfully violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

The complaint, which was filed on April 15, 2022, alleged that Steve’s Towing failed to obtain court orders before auctioning off vehicles belonging to at least seven SCRA-protected servicemembers, including two vehicles belonging to a member of a... More...    $0 (04-10-2023 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.

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)