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A federal jury convicted Marcus Keon Ruffin, 36, of Petersburg, for sex trafficking children and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Antoine Kassis, 59, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Chinese national Wenshen Xu pled guilty to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money derived from drug trafficking, and to providing material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization

A federal jury convicted Amer Taisir Zghailat Qaralleh, 42, a dual U.S.-Jordanian citizen, today on charges of possession of an unregistered firearm and improper storage of explosive materials.

Michael A. Dillard, 63, of Stafford, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing two women at an intelligence conference.

Samuel Flores de Dios, 36, a Mexican national illegally residing in the United States, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for production of child sexual abuse material.

Basim Dauwd Jami, 64, of Fairfax, was sentenced to a year and five months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Isaac James Guinsler, 25, a former U.S. Army soldier stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, was sentenced  to 18 years in prison for coercing minors to produce child sexual abuse material.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced charges against three defendants as part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.

Kemp Jermaine Nelson, 33, of Newport News, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor and posting a video of the abuse online.

Jamarion Dawon Jackson, 23, of Alexandria, who was previously convicted for a shooting at Potomac Mills, was sentenced to four years for possessing a machinegun.

Ten defendants have been convicted and sentenced in a cross-country fentanyl conspiracy investigated by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Washington, D.C.