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2009 Press Releases

 

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06 Nov Ponzi Schemer Sentenced.
05 Nov Child Pornographers Plead Guilty in Seperate Hearings.
04 Nov Lynchburg Man Sentenced for Running Ponzi Scheme.
03 Nov Forest, Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud.
03 Nov Men Involved in Kidnaping Plot Sentenced.
22 Oct Maryland Man Found Guilty on Obstruction of Justice and Murder for Hire Charges.
22 Oct Three Indicted for Burning down Vinton Home.
21 Oct Harrisonburg Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Gun Charges.
20 Oct Roanoke Woman Indicted on Mail Fraud, False Obligation Charges.
19 Oct Virginia Beach Man Indicted for Lying about Military Service.
19 Oct North Carolina Man Sentenced for Role In Crack Cocaine Conspiracy.
16 Oct Timothy J. Heaphy Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
09 Oct Four Indicted in Multi-state Trafficking Conspiracy.
05 Oct Former Call Center Employee Sentenced to 18 Months for Wire Fraud.
02 Oct Nine Members of Methamphetamine Conspiracy Indicted.
01 Oct Oakwood Man Sentenced to 48 Months For Making Online Threats. (Revised 10/1/09)
01 Oct Forty-one Year Man Indicted for Impersonating a United States Government Official.
30 Sep North Carolina Man Sent to Prison and Barred from Tobacco Industry.
28 Sep Husband and Wife Sentenced on Conspiracy Charges.
28 Sep Charlottesville Woman Pleads to Conspiracy Charge. (Revised 9/29/09)
21 Sep Former Health Care Worker Sentenced for Identity Thefts.
21 Sep Narrows Woman Sentenced for Identity Theft.
21 Sep Charlottesville Realtor Pleads Guilty To Hiring Man to Kill His Wife.
14 Sep Former Vice-president of Sun Trust Bank Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud.
11 Sep Harrisonburg Man Convicted of Stealing from Railroad Retirement Board.
09 Sep Two Members of Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Life Imprisonment.
08 Sep Richlands Doctor Sentenced on Drug, Tax Charges.
03 Sep Citizen of Mexico Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-entry.
03 Sep Ohio Man Sentenced for Falsely Marketing Wheelchairs as Power Scooters.
02 Sep Former Nurse Anesthetist Sentenced for Diverting Pain Meds. (Revised 9/11/09)
17 Aug President of Kantstop Records Sentenced to Life.
14 Aug Pair of Meth Dealers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms.
14 Aug Roanoke Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threat, And Copyright Violation.
13 Aug Lynchburg Man Pleads Guilty to Running a Ponzi Scheme.
12 Aug Former Dealership Owner Sentenced on Money Laundering Charges.
10 Aug Bank Teller Sentenced for Embezzling Money.
07 Aug Cuban Nationals Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud.
05 Aug Staunton Man Sentenced to 160 Months on Child Porn Charges.
03 Aug Two More Defendants in Weekend Sofa Outlet
Arson Case Plead Guilty.
03 Aug First of Three Orange, Va. Crack Dealers Gets Sentenced.
30 Jul Pair Linked to Moonshining Operation Sentenced.
28 Jul Pot Cultivator Sentenced to 40 Months for Growing Drug in National Forest.
20 Jul Methamphetamine Dealer Receives Twenty Year Sentence.
17 Jul Final Two Defendants in Kidnaping Conspiracy Plead Guilty.
14 Jul First Two Defendants in Kidnaping Conspiracy Plead Guilty. (Revised 7/14/09)
09 Jul Three Defendants in “Operation Hook and Haul” Plead Guilty to Arson, Drug Distribution, and Theft Charges.
29 Jun Health Care Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities.
29 Jun Narrows Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail, Wire, Access Device Frauds.
23 Jun Rose Hill Man Sentenced to 235 Months on Child Porn Charges.
19 Jun Maryland Man Indicted, Charged With Murder For Hire, Other Charges.
19 Jun Former Bank Employee Sentenced to Prison.
15 Jun Oakwood Virginia Man Admits to Making Online Threats.
15 Jun Buchanan County Man Indicted for Manufacturing Child Pornography.
11 Jun Roanoke Man Indicted for Sending Threat.
11 Jun Former Nurse Anesthetist Pleads Guilty To Diverting Pain Meds.
11 Jun Florida Man Indicted for Setting 2003 Fire That Destroyed Strasburg, Virginia Restaurant.
09 Jun Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement.
09 Jun Trio Pleads Guilty to Making Counterfeit Bills.
08 Jun Waynesboro Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud.
04 Jun Former Abingdon Resident Pleads Guilty Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Mail Fraud.
03 Jun Mt. Airy Residents Sentenced for Carroll County Burglary and Shooting.
29 May Final Three Defendants Convicted in Kantstop Records Crack Cocaine Trafficking Case Bringing Total Number of Convictions to 49.
19 May Cuban Nationals Pled Guilty for Using Counterfeit Credit Cards.
12 May Construction Company Owners to Serve Prison Sentence for Social Security Disability Fraud.
11 May Crozet Man Pleads Guilty to Running Ponzi Scheme.
08 May Four Roanoke Men Indicted in Kidnaping Scheme.
30 Apr Narrows Woman Charged with Mail, Wire Fraud.
30 Apr Former Call Center Employee Indicted for Wire Fraud.
28 Apr Richlands Doctor Pleads Guilty to Drug and Tax Charges.
28 Apr Owner of Ambulance Company Sentenced to 51 Months Imprisonment and Ordered to Pay $387,111.31 in Restitution for Health Care Fraud.
28 Apr Nevada Man Pleads Guilty to E-mailing Threats to Former Virginia Tech Students.
28 Apr Owner of Nascar’s Morgan-McClure Motorsports Sentenced for Tax Fraud.
24 Apr Salem KIK (Virginia) LLC Sentenced to One-year Probation.
24 Apr Health Care Worker Indicted for Stealing Identities.
22 Apr Former Recovery Specialist Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud.
14 Apr Former Hotel Employee Sentenced for Uttering.
13 Apr Virginia Beach Man Arraigned on Charges of Obstructing Justice, Falsely Testifying.
09 Apr Men Who Burned High Knob Tower Sentenced.
07 Apr Members of Bank Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced.
07 Apr Culpeper Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges.
01 Apr Defendants in Wytheville Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced.
30 Mar Trio Indicted for Making Counterfeit Bills.
30 Mar Bank Teller Indicted for Embezzling Money.
30 Mar Employee Indicted for Stealing Money from Law Firm.
27 Mar First Member of Bank Fraud Conspiracy Gets Sentenced.
27 Mar Cuban Nationals Indicted for Using Counterfeit Credit Cards.
24 Mar Member of Drug Conspiracy Pleads Guilty.
18 Mar Chambers Sentenced to 60 Months.
16 Mar New York Man Sentenced in Murder of Katherine Danielle Howard.
06 Mar Former Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Annuity Payments.
03 Mar Roanoke Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to Weekend Sofa Outlet, Additional Gun Charge.
02 Mar Bristol Woman Sentenced to 48 Months Imprisonment for Assaulting Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Correctional Officers.
26 Feb Blacksburg Virginia Couple Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearms Violations.
25 Feb South Carolina Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycontin in Tazewell County Trafficking Ring.
23 Feb Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Misleading Medicare Patients.
20 Feb Yorba Linda, California Sentenced On Mail Fraud, False Tax Statement Charges.
20 Feb Four Indicted in Arson of Weekend Sofa Outlet.
18 Feb Dickenson County Man Pleads Guilty to Being an Armed Career Criminal.
10 Feb Former Bank Teller Sentenced on Embezzlement Charge.
06 Feb Big Stone Gap Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Suboxone, Machine Gun.
04 Feb Former Special Agent for U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service Convicted of Obstruction of Justice and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
05 Feb Fourteen Defendants Plead Guilty in Interstate Narcotics Trafficking Investigation.
28 Jan Members of Methamphetamine Distribution Organization Sentenced.
28 Jan Former Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Money Laundering Charges.
27 Jan Last Two Members of Drug Conspiracy Sentenced.
27 Jan Bristol Man Sentenced to 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Possession with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine.
27 Jan Two Federal Inmates Sentenced in Separate Incidents.
22 Jan Head of Drug Conspiracy Sentenced.
22 Jan Final Two ‘Gas Men’ Sentenced.
22 Jan Robert Clear Coal Corporation and Mine Supervisor Sentenced for Violating Federal Mine Safety and Health Act.
21 Jan First Member of Drug Conspiracy Pleads Guilty.
21 Jan Final Member of Bank Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty.
21 Jan Pair Pled Guilty to Conspiring to Grow More than 1,000 Marijuana Plants.
20 Jan Coeburn Man Pleads Guilty to Arson on High Knob Tower.
15 Jan Larry Allen Mcclure Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud.
13 Jan Salem, KIK (Virginia) LLC Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay Fine for Negligent Discharges to Sewer System.
13 Jan Driver Charged When Found in Possession of Cocaine.
13 Jan Charlottesville Woman Sentenced for Obtaining Prescription Drugs Through False Means.
13 Jan Husband and Wife Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Marijuana.
13 Jan Two Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine.
7 Jan Member of Drug Distribution Enterprise Sentenced on Conspiracy Charge.
5 Jan Indoor Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced.