Marcus D. Wilkins, Assault on Federal Officer, Virginia 2022

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Virginia Man Sentenced for Assault on Federal Officer

NORFOLK, Va. – A 27-year-old Virginia Beach man was sentenced to 42 months in prison for assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

Marcus D. Wilkins pleaded guilty on September 7 for his role in a brazen incident at the Navy Exchange at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach.

According to court documents, on May 1, Wilkins removed a shopping cart full of unpaid merchandise from the Navy Exchange. However, a loss prevention officer saw him and ordered him to stop. Instead, Wilkins walked away from the shopping cart and toward his car. An officer with the Naval Air Station Oceana base police observed Wilkins walking toward his vehicle and approached the vehicle, identified himself as base police and positioned himself in front of the vehicle and twice ordered Wilkins to stop.

Wilkins started his car and accelerated into the police officer, lifting him off the ground with the hood of the car and pushing him backward in the air and to the ground. Wilkins then fled the Navy Exchange parking lot and was apprehended by members of the Virginia Beach Police Department shortly thereafter.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Dana J. Boente, praised the efforts of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Norfolk Field Office and the Virginia Beach Police for their work on the case.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Alyssa K. Nichol prosecuted the case, which was announced after sentencing by District Judge Mark S. Davis.

A copy of the press release can be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:16-cr-84.