Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented the Defendant seeking release from custody.

Lamont Ferguson, a Virginia pre-trial detainee, has filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His amended complaint alleges that Lt. Blackmon and M. J. Gilcrist invaded his privacy and unlawfully gathered evidence against him, resulting in his arrest in Winchester, Virginia. ... More...    $0 (12-30-2024 - VA)

In 2014, David E. Abbott, a detective with the Manassas City Police Department in Virginia, investigated allegations that 17-year-old Trey Sims used his cellular telephone to send sexually explicit photographs and video recordings of himself to his 15-year-old girlfriend. During the course of the investigation, Abbott obtained a search warrant authorizing photographs of Sims’ naked body, including... More...    $0 (03-24-2018 - VA)

In 2014, David E. Abbott, a detective with the Manassas City Police Department
in Virginia, investigated allegations that 17-year-old Trey Sims used his cellular
telephone to send sexually explicit photographs and video recordings of himself to his
15-year-old girlfriend. During the course of the investigation, Abbott obtained a search
warrant authorizing photographs of Sims’ naked... More...    $0 (12-05-2017 - VA)

Charlottesville, VA - Fifth Defendant Sentenced for Violent Crime Spree Last Summer - Armed Robberies took place throughout Albemarle and Greene Counties

A fifth individual involved in a series of armed robberies last summer in Albemarle and Greene counties was sentenced on July 28, 2017 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville.

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Alexandria, VA - Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Pleads Guilty to Computer Hacking Crimes

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.

“Cybercriminals like Marcel Lazar believe they can act with impunity from safe havens abroad, but the Justice Dep... More...    $0 (05-25-2016 - VA)

“When considering a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence on appeal, we review the
evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party at trial and consider all inferences
fairly deducible from that evidence.” Jones v. Commonwealth, 276 Va. 121, 124, 661 S.E.2d
412, 414 (2008).
In February of 2014, Conner Sullivan, a student at the Virginia Military Institute
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The class action settlement at issue in this appeal is “the culmination of years of litigation and negotiations” between class counsel and the defendants, LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group, Inc.; Seisint, Inc.; and Reed Elsevier Inc. (together, “Lexis”). Berry v. LexisNexis Risk & Info. Analytics Grp., Inc., No. 3:11-CV-754, 2014 WL 4403524, at *1 (E.D. Va. Sept. 5, 2014). The dis... More...    $0 (12-07-2015 - VA)

Adam Darrick Toghill (Toghill), an adult, engaged in an email exchange with a law enforcement officer posing as a minor wherein Toghill proposed that the two engage in oral sex. Subsequently, Toghill was indicted on charges of Internet solicitation of a minor in violation of Code § 18.2–374.3. The Circuit Court of Louisa County and both parties agreed that Toghill was accused of soliciting oral se... More...    $0 (11-29-2015 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the Circuit Court of Prince William County ("trial court") erred by denying a request for disclosure of certain documents under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act ("VFOIA"), Code § 2.2-3700 et seq., and whether a public body may impose charges for the cost of reviewing documents under the statutory exclusion.

Dr. Michael Mann ("Professor Mann") i... More...    $0 (09-20-2015 - VA)

Via various state statutes and a state constitutional amendment, Virginia prevents same-sex couples from marrying and refuses to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Two same-sex couples filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of these laws, alleging that they violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the couples... More...    $0 (07-28-2014 - VA)

When Mahmoud Hegab, an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ("NGA") with a top secret security clearance, informed the agency of his marriage to Bushra Nusairat, the NGA conducted a reinvestigation into his security clearance. Based on new information, the NGA revoked Hegab’s security clearance.

Hegab commenced this action under the Administrative Procedure Act against ... More...    $0 (04-25-2013 - VA)

In 2005, William Scott MacDonald was convicted after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Colonial Heights, Virginia, of two offenses: the misdemeanor offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, in contravention of Virginia Code section 18.2-371; and the felony offense of violating the Commonwealth’s criminal solicitation statute, found in section 18.2-29. The criminal so... More...    $0 (03-13-2013 - VA)

This case presents the question of whether a municipal ordinance, which prohibits individuals from soliciting immediate donations near two streets that run through the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia, unconstitutionally restricts the free speech of individuals who regularly beg on the Downtown Mall. We hold that the district court erred by resolving this issue at the pleadings stage, an... More...    $0 (02-21-2013 - VA)

Saul Guijon-Ortiz appeals his conviction for illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). Guijon-Ortiz was a back-seat passenger in a pickup truck during a routine traffic stop. After the officer asked him for identification, Guijon-Ortiz provided a fraudulently made Lawful Permanent Resident Identification Card that contained his photograph. The alien registrat... More...    $0 (11-11-2011 - VA)