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Norfolk sailor Sergio Octavio Garcia sentenced to five years in prison after he was found with thousands of files of child sexual abuse material.

Two Romanian nationals were sentenced to three years and three months in prison for using card skimmers and committing aggravated identity theft.

Taylor Bullard, 35, of Houston, pled guilty to making threats against a company over his debt.

Four Massachusetts men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute dangerous counterfeit pills in Homeland Security Task Force case.

Franklin Geovany Alvarez-Villanueva, 54, an illegal alien from Honduras, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after multiple deportations and drug convictions.

Arlington County PD Detective John Bamford is the 2026 Hometown Hero Award recipient for the Easter District of Virginia.

Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, both Chinese nationals, are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with transnational criminal organizations.

Deionte Deard Bratton, 44, of Chesapeake, and Kenyon Thomas, 43, of Norfolk, were sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.

Grace Elizabeth Paradis, 43, of Virginia Beach, sentenced to over 28 years in prison after recording her sexual abuse of two children

Dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen sentenced to over six years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy

Jesse Lee Wise, 42, of Norfolk, was sentenced to 10 years for attempting to access child sexual abuse material while on supervised release for a previous conviction

Teresita Tiongson, 81, of Springfield, and Chung Shih, 39, of Sterling, pled guilty for their roles in submitting fraudulent loan applications through pandemic relief programs.