Tag: Virginia
Mitre Vega Gonzalez, Cocaine Trafficking, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Mitre Vega Gonzalez, a 47-year-old Guatemalan national, was busted for selling cocaine to undercover agents in Virginia. Between August 27, 2025, and September 17, 2025, Vega Gonzalez made three controlled transactions, peddling his illicit goods to law enforcement. The cocaine kingpin’s reign ended on September 18, 2025, when investigators searched his…
Malik Rashun Hughes, Possessing a Stolen Handgun, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read Malik Rashun Hughes, a 27-year-old felon from Newport News, has been sentenced to four years in prison for possessing a stolen handgun and crashing into Naval Station Norfolk. On December 16, 2024, Hughes was stopped by Newport News Police and found with a loaded handgun, which he was prohibited from possessing…
Cameron Hunter Brown, Robbery, Armed with Machinegun, Virginia 2024
A masked individual approached a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier on his route in Virginia Beach, brandished a handgun, and demanded the victim’s arrow key. An arrow key is a master key used to access a variety of mail repositories, including blue collection boxes, outdoor parcel lockers, and apartment mailbox panels in a given…
Michael Augment, Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy, Virginia 2026
A Virginia man has been sentenced to 81 months in prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy in Washington D.C. Michael Augment, 38, of Lorton, Virginia, was sentenced by Judge Timothy Kelly in U.S. District Court for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in the District of Columbia. Between April 2024 and October 2024, Augment…
Bobby John Arnett, Fentanyl Distribution, Virginia 2026
A Bristol, Virginia man, who conspired with others to distribute more than 600 fentanyl pills, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison. Bobby John Arnett, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. Arnett’s co-conspirator, Briar Stephens, 25, was sentenced…
Deionte Deard Bratton, Cocaine and Firearm Trafficking, Virginia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Deionte Deard Bratton, a 44-year-old Chesapeake man, was caught selling cocaine, fentanyl, and guns in a series of controlled purchases by law enforcement between October 17, 2023, and November 14, 2023. Bratton, who cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition due to previous felony convictions, sold four guns and a significant amount…
Grace Elizabeth Paradis, Conspiracy to Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 43-year-old Virginia Beach woman, Grace Elizabeth Paradis, has been sentenced to 28 years and four months in prison for conspiring to produce child sexual abuse material. Paradis abused two minor children, ages five and nine, and recorded the abuse, which she then provided to her former boyfriend, Cory Richard Hambley.…
Michael Brandon Smith, Selling Stolen Firearms, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon from Dublin, Virginia, Michael Brandon Smith, has pleaded guilty to selling two stolen firearms in Pulaski County. The 40-year-old felon, prohibited from possessing firearms due to his previous record, sold the guns between January 27, 2025, and February 6, 2025. Smith understood the firearms were stolen and sought…
Franklin Geovany Alvarez-Villanueva, Cocaine Possession, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Geovany Alvarez-Villanueva, a 54-year-old Honduran national, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after multiple deportations and convictions in Virginia. Alvarez-Villanueva, who has a history of violent and drug-related crimes, was convicted of assault and possession of a controlled substance in…
Ruhuan Zhen, Money Laundering Conspiracy, Virginia 2026
A pair of Chinese nationals has been charged with laundering cartel funds in a transnational money laundering scheme that spanned years and multiple continents. Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, both wanted for their alleged involvement in the conspiracy, are accused of using secretive methods to launder millions in narcotics proceeds. According to court documents, the…
