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Earnest Thomas, 34, of Prince George, was sentenced to five years and 11 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Brian Renard Manley Jr., 39, of Norfolk, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for laundering funds fraudulently obtained from a pandemic relief program.

Malachi Morgan Thomas, 24, of Woodbridge, pled guilty to sexually exploiting more than 40 minor girls on Snapchat.

Eastern District of Virginia prosecutes 19 child exploitation cases under Project Safe Childhood in the previous month

Brehon Kanell Davis, 44, of Norfolk, was convicted at trial for his role in a cocaine and heroin trafficking conspiracy.

Nehemie Almonor, 41, of King George, pled guilty to wire fraud for claiming to work multiple government jobs at once.

Two Richmond men and a woman from Colonial Heights are the latest defendants sentenced to prison for their roles in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

Jamaican national Jason Kristian Duncker, 54, was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in an international cocaine trafficking conspiracy investigated as part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative.

Former congressional staffer Courtney Melissa Hruska, 40, pled guilty to using access to a Congressperson’s bank account to pay her own credit card bills.

Alex Tyler Buenaga, 32, of Suffolk, pled guilty to sexually abusing an infant and distributing videos of the abuse.

A federal jury convicted Jamar Edward Gay, 36, of Norfolk, of maintaining a drug-involved premises, possessing a machinegun in drug trafficking crimes, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Joshua Lee, 28, a mail processing clerk at the USPS Richmond Processing and Distribution Center, was sentenced to four years in prison for a bank fraud conspiracy in which he stole checks and gift cards from the mail.