NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Two Norfolk men were sentenced for drug-trafficking and firearms convictions. According to court documents, in December 2023, law enforcement conducted a controlled drug purchase from Javou Jameil Smith, 43, at the residence of Brian Ricardo Hinton, 41, in Norfolk. During the controlled purchase, Smith sold 452 grams of methamphetamine and was in possession of a  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 16 years and eight months in prison for manufacturing, distributing, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, on Aug. 13, 2023, Chesapeake Police (CPD) responded to four non-fatal overdoses at a hote  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Seven more defendants who participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine tied to the murder of Big Stone Gap, Virginia Police Officer Michael Chandler, were sentenced this week in federal court. Misty Lynn Ward, 36, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Anthony Holmes, 39, of Appalachia, Virginia, and Keri Leanna Corbin, 44, of Jonesville, Vi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Inova Health System Foundation, Inova Health Care Services, Inc., and Inova Physician Partners, LLC, (collectively, Inova), located in Falls Church, agreed to pay $2,378,731.06 to settle claims that it submitted claims to Medicaid that contained falsified information. Inova voluntarily submitted written disclosures to the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Virgin  more