Virginia Fentanyl 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)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. 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. 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. Tanziludin Bangurah
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, l, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Daniel Jackson
Pikeville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute.<br> <br> At trial, Jackson took the stand and insisted that an officer planted the drugs discovered in his car and near his person. Jackson's story didn't stick; the jury convicted. ... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - VA)United States of America . Kevin Rongeus Jones, a/k/a Suffolk Ron
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withpossession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A). <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - 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)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)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. 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. 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. 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. Christopher James Barcroft
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)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. Alexander Ortiz and Jorge Efrain
Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with supplying the fentanyl linked to teenage overdoses that occurred in Wise County, Virginia. <br> <br> The grand jury has charged Alexander Ortiz, 25, of Fullerton, Calif., and Jorge Efrain Perez Jr., 24, of Anaheim, Calif., each with one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 4... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Nathan DeAlbert Mattocks
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, and discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.<br> <br> In August 2020, Nathan DeAlbert Mattocks, 37, a previously convicted felon, was arrested after the... More...
$0 (07-22-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Justice Edward Ansah
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and possessing a firearm during drug trafficking.<br> <br> From in or around May 2020 through December 2021, Justice Edward Ansah, 26, conspired with others to distribute counterfeit, pressed pills containing fentanyl. During the conspiracy, th... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - VA)Deborah McKague ex rel. United States of America v. HSCGP, et al. </ce
Abingdon, Virginia qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused to violaton the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) on numerous occasions between 2017 and 2020. <br> <br> The claims center around Sovah Health's failure to have effective controls in place to prevent the diversion of powerful painkilling prescription opioids. Sovah Health is a regional health care delivery system comprised of a h... More...
$0 (06-14-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Marcus Dewayne Smith
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense firearm felony charged lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> On or around July 2020, the Newport News Police Department was informed that Marcus Dewayne Smith, 39, was distributing narcotics from various hotels throughout the City of Newport News. In Smith's hotel room, law enforcement discovered 82 prepackaged glassine packets individually stamped "FIREBAL... More...
$0 (01-25-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Marcus Dewayne Smith
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possessing a firearm while distributing narcotics.<br> <br> in or around July 2020, the Newport News Police Department was informed that Marcus Dewayne Smith, 39, was distributing narcotics from various hotels throughout the City of Newport News. In Smith's hotel room, law enforcement discovered 82 prepackaged glas... More...
$0 (01-20-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Robert Bradley Lockhart
Harrisonburg, Virginia conspiracy to distribute drugs with resulting serious bodily harm charge criminal defense lawyer represented Robert Bradley Lockhart.<br> <br> The government asserted that Lockhart, 33, was a heroin dealer connected to a drug pipeline between Baltimore, Maryland and Front Royal, Virginia. During the course of the investigation, the Northwest Virginia Drug and Gang Task Forc... More...
$0 (11-03-2021 - VA)United States of America v. Shon E. Melton
Norfolk, VA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with trafficking drugs and guns.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (10-12-2021 - VA)United States of America v. Cironta Commander
Harrisonburg, Virginia felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> A Berryville, Virginia man was charged with a pair of federal firearm and narcotics charges. He fled police following a traffic stop in January 2020 and was found in possession of a loaded Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and a cache of narcotics secreted in a storage unit. <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (12-04-2020 - VA)United States of America v. James Harold Lichliter and Jonathan Dale Neice
Harrisonburg, Virginia drug possession and distribution criminal defense lawyer presented James Harold Lichliter and Jonathan Dale Neice.<br> <br> The United States of America charged James Harold Lichliter, aged 52, and Jonathan Dale Neice, age 42, with distribution and possession with the intent to distribute resulting in the death of J.H. and the serious bodily injury of J.W.<br> <br> “The s... More...
$0 (10-14-2020 - VA)Richard Amos Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Salem, VA - possession with intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance<br> <br> <center><img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MoreLaw_Suites_Petro.jpg"><br> <P> <h1><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites</a><br> 601 South Boulder, Suite 600 <br> 855-853-4800</h1></center><br> <br> <br> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA<br> Pre... More...
$0 (09-20-2020 - VA)United States of America v. Jermaine Curtis Parker
Norfolk, VA - The United States of America charged Jermaine Curtis Parker with drug distribution and felony firearm possession.<br> <br> A Norfolk man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, and for carrying and possessing a firearm during multiple drug-trafficking crimes.<br> <br> According to court documents, in January 2019, Jermaine Curtis Parker, 36, a five-time felon,... More...
$0 (02-04-2020 - VA)United States of America v. George Addae
Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged George Addae with conspiracy to distribute heroine.<br> <br> An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, which led to the overdose death of at least one individual.<br> <br> According to court documents, George Addae, 26, directed a heroin trafficking conspiracy from 2... More...
$0 (01-03-2020 - VA)United States of America v. Latosha L. Prather
Norfolk, VA - The United States of America charged Latosha L. Prather with trafficking in heroin an fentanyl.<br> <br> An Iowa woman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, one count of interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and one count of distribution of heroin.<br> <br> According to court documents, Latosha L. Prather, 36, of Des Moines, served as the ou... More...
$0 (12-04-2019 - VA)United States of America v. Charles Lee Avery
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/images/Richmond3.jpg"><br> </center><br> Richmond, VA - High Society Hit Squad Member Sentenced to Prison<br> <br> A member of the criminal street gang H$2X (an acronym for “High Society Hit Squad”) was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.<br> <br> “We have taken a sta... More...
$0 (10-23-2019 - VA)United States of America v. Autrelle Malik Waddell and Titus Maurice Lee
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/images/Richmond3.jpg"><br> </center><br> Richmond, VA - High Society Hit Squad Members Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison<br> <br> Two Petersburg gang members were sentenced to a combined 25 years in prison for drug and firearms trafficking crimes.<br> <br> “In March we announced a significant law enforcement operation that involved ov... More...
$0 (09-14-2019 - VA)<center. United States of America v. Judith Wright
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.vawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Commonwealth_Building.png"><br> </center><br> Harrisonburg, VA - Winchester Woman Associated with Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced for Role in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy<br> <br> Judith Wright, a Winchester woman who trafficked cocaine for drug cartel members, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg ... More...
$0 (06-12-2019 - VA)United Stats of America v. Dr. Joel Smithers
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/W.D._VA_courthouse_in_Lynchburg.jpg/250px-W.D._VA_courthouse_in_Lynchburg.jpg"><br> </center><br> Abingdon, VA - Virginia Doctor Convicted on 861 Federal Counts of Drug Distribution, Including Distribution Resulting in Death: Faces Mandatory Minimum of 20 Years in Federal Prison<br> <br> Dr. Joel Smithers ... More...
$0 (05-13-2019 - VA)United States of America v. Richard William Mansfield
Harrisonburg, VA - Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fatal Mixture of Heroin and Fentanyl <br> <br> A Harrisonburg man, who sold a fatal mix of heroin and fentanyl, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to federal drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.<br> <br> Richard William Mansfield, 38, waived his rights to be indic... More...
$0 (09-14-2018 - VA)United States of America v. Kristofer Rucinski
Abington, VA - Wise Resident Pleads Guilty to Opioid Importation Related Charges<br> <br> Kristofer Rucinski Obtained Fentanyl Analogues From China<br> <br> Kristofer Rucinski, 35, of Wise, Virginia, entered a guilty plea on July 19, 2018 in the United States District Court in Abingdon. Rucinski pleaded guilty to one count of using a communications facility to unlawfully import fentanyl and fent... More...
$0 (07-24-2018 - VA)United States of America v. Benitez Auguarius Moody
Norfolk, VA - Portsmouth Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years<br> <br> A Portsmouth man for drug distribution and possession of multiple firearms.<br> <br> According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Benitez Auguarius Moody, 35, distributed crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl in Portsmouth from the summer of 2015 through March 2016. Moody was arrested on Aug. 10, 2016, after the Por... More...
$0 (04-04-2018 - VA)United States of America v. Kenneth Stuart, a/k/a "Bones"
Norfolk, VA - “King of Death” Supplier Pleads Guilty, Faces Mandatory Life Sentence<br> <br> A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to leading and supplying a heroin and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that resulted in more than a dozen overdoses and at least two deaths. <br> <br> Kenneth Stuart, aka “Bones,” 43, of Newark, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison when sentence... More...
$0 (01-15-2018 - VA)United States of America v. Abrahoam Atkins and Eddie L. Tyson
Norfolk, VA - Operation Hardest Hit Defendants Sentenced to Prison<br> <br> Two Portsmouth men were sentenced December 12, 2017 to a combined 35 years in prison for their role in a massive heroin and fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> According to court documents, on August 14, over 300 law enforcement agents made arrests and executed search warrants in Virginia, Georgia, and New York.... More...
$0 (12-14-2017 - VA)