Tag: Norfolk

  • Jesse Lee Wise, Attempting to Access Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2025

    Jesse Lee Wise, Attempting to Access Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2025

    ⏱ 2 min read Jesse Lee Wise, a 42-year-old Norfolk man and previously convicted child sex offender, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to access child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release. Wise was found with two unauthorized smartphones on August 13, 2025, which he used to try to…

  • Dominic Nathanial Torres, Coercing Minors, Virginia 2026

    Dominic Nathanial Torres, Coercing Minors, Virginia 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A Texas man, Dominic Nathanial Torres, 23, traded in his Navy sailor uniform for a prison jumpsuit yesterday, sentenced to 10 years for coercing a minor to engage in sex and seven other minors in Norfolk, Va. Torres, a U.S. Navy sailor stationed in Norfolk, used social media platforms to target…

  • Raymond Antoine Wyche, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements, Virginia 2022

    Raymond Antoine Wyche, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements, Virginia 2022

    ⏱ 4 min read A Suffolk man is going down for a series of brazen scams that netted over $112,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and unemployment benefits. Raymond Antoine Wyche, 34, was sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to commit fraud, making false statements, and bank fraud. Wyche’s scheme involved providing the personal…

  • Jason Kristian Duncker, Cocaine Trafficking, Virginia 2025

    Jason Kristian Duncker, Cocaine Trafficking, Virginia 2025

    ⏱ 2 min read A 54-year-old Jamaican national, Jason Kristian Duncker, masterminded a massive cocaine trafficking operation that netted his Mexican cartel bosses $250,004. Between 2021 and 2022, Duncker trafficked 75 to 100 kilograms of the deadly drug, with the cash haul destined for Mexico. On July 22, 2022, Duncker coordinated a bulk cash pickup…

  • James Sweat, Fentanyl and Crack Trafficking, Virginia 2025

    James Sweat, Fentanyl and Crack Trafficking, Virginia 2025

    ⏱ 3 min read James Sweat, 40, of Norfolk, is staring down a long stretch behind bars after federal agents raided his home on December 18, 2025, and found a one-stop shop for poison and firepower. Sweat ran a full-blown drug operation out of his residence, peddling fentanyl and crack while illegally armed – a…

  • Tiara Jenee Bryant, EIDL Program Fraud, Virginia 2020

    Tiara Jenee Bryant, EIDL Program Fraud, Virginia 2020

    ⏱ 3 min read A former Navy member and reservist is heading to federal prison after bilking the government out of pandemic relief money. Tiara Jenee Bryant, 36, was sentenced to two years in Norfolk, Virginia, after pleading guilty to fraud related to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The scam unfolded in the…