Tag: Alexandria
Jamarion Dawon Jackson, Machinegun Possession, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jamarion Dawon Jackson, a 23-year-old Alexandria man with a history of violence, was sentenced to four years in prison for possessing a machinegun. On April 17, 2025, Jackson was driving recklessly on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, speeding past heavy traffic at over 100 miles per hour. When a Virginia State…
Warith Deen Muhammad, Wire Fraud and Violating the Travel Act, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Warith Deen Muhammad, a 39-year-old from McLean, Virginia, ran a precious metals investment firm in Alexandria called Niagara Gold and Silver LLC. From November 2021 to June 2023, Muhammad scammed over a dozen investors out of more than $1.5 million by promising them guaranteed profits of 5-10% and returns within 30…
Sohaib Akhter, Computer Fraud, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Sohaib Akhter, a 34-year-old Alexandria man, worked for a Washington, D.C. company that provided software products and services to over 45 federal government agencies. On February 1, 2025, Akhter used his access to obtain a plaintext password for an individual who submitted a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)…
David Brent Timberlake, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Virginia 2023
⏱ 3 min read Serial child abusers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been caught in a crackdown led by US Attorney’s Office. Between March 3 and March 12, at least 7 new cases were brought under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The cases involved production,…
Courtney Melissa Hruska, Wire Fraud, Virginia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Courtney Melissa Hruska, a 40-year-old former congressional staffer from Alexandria, VA, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after misusing her former employer’s bank account to pay her own credit card bills. Hruska worked on the staff of a U.S. House of Representatives member from August 2015 to January 2022, during which time…
Peter Mirchev, Arms Trafficking, Virginia 2022
⏱ 2 min read Peter Dimitrov Mirchev, a Bulgarian national, has been extradited from Spain to Alexandria, Virginia, to face charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and possess firearms, including machineguns and destructive devices, in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Mirchev, along with co-conspirators from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, allegedly plotted to supply Mexican…
