ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Chesterfield cocaine trafficker sentenced to 10 years in prison RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesterfield man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, on May 18, 2023, Urain Alexander Robinson, 52, was contacted by a co-conspirator (CC1), who was seeking to purchase cocaine from Rob  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Department of State employee charged for conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael Charles Schena, 42, of Alexandria, was arrested on criminal charges related to his alleged participation in a criminal conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information. According to court documents  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Department of State Employee Charged for Conspiracy to Gather, Transmit, or Lose National Defense Information Michael Charles Schena, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested on criminal charges related to his alleged participation in a criminal conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information. According to court documents, Schena is employed by the U.S. Depart  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Falls Church man convicted of hate crime for attempted church shooting ALEXANDRIA, Va. - After a four-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict today for Rui Jiang, of Falls Church, who was charged with attempting to obstruct the congregants of a church in Haymarket in the free exercise of their religious beliefs. The charge included that the  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Five More Sentenced in Federal Pandemic Fraud Unemployment Benefit Scheme In all, 17 Defendants Stole $341,205 in Pandemic Relief Money ABINGDON, Va. - An additional five of the 17 defendants charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, commit program fraud, and commit mail fraud in connection to a scheme involving the filing of fraudulent claim  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Garantex cryptocurrency exchange disrupted in international operation Two administrators charged with operating multibillion-dollar crypto money laundering service ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Justice Department announced today a coordinated action with Germany and Finland to disrupt and take down the online infrastructure used to operate Garantex, a cryptoc  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA-Funded Research Highlights Economic Effects of Oyster Reef Restoration Researchers at Morgan State University's Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (link is external) quantified how restored oyster reefs in the NOAA Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Area in Virginia would affect the local economy. They found that oyster reef restoration in the York and Piankatank ri  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Portsmouth felon sentenced to 15 years in prison for federal drug-trafficking and firearms crimes NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Steven Frederick James, 51, wa  more