Tag: Virginia
Christopher Matthew Marsh, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Matthew Marsh, a 49-year-old Wytheville, Virginia man with a history of criminal convictions, was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. The material, found on one of Marsh’s cell phones, included approximately 2000 images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, with most of…
Joshua Joseph Walden, Prescription Medication Tampering, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Fluvanna County pharmacist, Joshua Joseph Walden, 52, has been charged with stealing prescription opioids and tampering with consumer products in Virginia. According to court records, Walden worked at Jefferson Pharmacy in Palmyra, Virginia, from July 2023 until his resignation in February 2025. During his employment, he allegedly stole liquid opioids…
Brandon Rashaad Hill, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Rashaad Hill, a 31-year-old Sandston man, was caught possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in a North Chesterfield gas station on January 26. Hill, who has been convicted twice previously for the same crime, was approached by an officer after a woman reported being kidnapped. As the officer attempted…
Brian Lamont Jones, Cocaine Sale and Possession, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brian Lamont Jones, a 39-year-old Richmond man with a history of drug convictions, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for selling cocaine and possessing large quantities of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, as well as several firearms. The crimes occurred in early March 2025, when Jones sold cocaine…
DeAngelo Lewis, Armed Robbery of Postal Carriers, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read DeAngelo Lewis, a 30-year-old Washington DC man, orchestrated a string of brazen armed robberies targeting United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC between January and October 2022. Lewis and his co-conspirators used firearms to intimidate and rob seven mail carriers, making off with USPS property…
Fernando Bahena Ruiz, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Fernando Bahena Ruiz, a 28-year-old Mexican citizen living illegally in Danville, Virginia, sparked a 911 call on March 25, 2026, when multiple people reported gunfire in a neighborhood. Witnesses saw muzzle flashes coming from Bahena Ruiz’s backyard, and when officers arrived, they found him carrying a gun before he retreated back…
Trevion Trevor Johnson, Armed Robbery, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen plot to rob a marijuana dealer in Radford, Virginia, ended in chaos and federal prison time for three men. On April 17, 2025, Trevion Trevor Johnson, Dominick Latrell Anderson, and Sidney Elijah Schwartz targeted Robert Jason Leonard Jr., a local marijuana dealer, with the intention of stealing his supply.…
Luis Antonio Tejada-Santamaria, Reentry into US, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read Luis Antonio Tejada-Santamaria, a Salvadoran national, has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after multiple previous removals. Tejada-Santamaria was arrested in Chesterfield County, Virginia, on November 2, 2024, for assault on law enforcement and obstruction. This was not his first run-in with the law, as he had previously been…
Carlos Alexis Chavez-Paz, Aggravated Identity Theft, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Alexis Chavez-Paz, a Honduran national, walked into a DMV office in Stafford County, Virginia, on January 10, 2025, with a plan to deceive. He presented a genuine Kentucky driver’s license with his picture, but bearing the name of a US citizen. Alongside this, he submitted a counterfeit Puerto Rican birth…
Bryce Cleveland, Mail Fraud, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Bryce Cleveland, the 42-year-old CEO of Scalpa, Inc., has pleaded guilty to faking medical devices and drugs, including skincare products, in a scheme that put public health at risk in Virginia. Between 2018 and 2020, Cleveland sold unapproved devices like ScalpaJECT Hyaluronic Acid and Hyaluron Pen, as well as the unapproved…
