Legal News for Suffolk, Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Damontie James
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Damontie James, age 26, was accused of shooting and killing Kory Anding, 29. Alexandria.... More...
(12-14-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Jennifer Leigh Peters
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accessing a protected computer system to provide her then-boyfriend and probationer with sensitive non-public information, lying to federal investigators, and destroying evidence. Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of obstruction of a procee... More...
(12-14-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Dalonte Davis
Arlington, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with Wearing a Mask in Public and Obstruction of Justice. At approximately 5:44 p.m. on December 11, an officer working a crime prevention detail at the Pentagon City Metro Station observed the male suspect wearing a face covering indoors and asked him to remove it. The suspect ignored commands and attempted to flee f... More...
(12-13-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Elena Pendergrass
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Pendergrass, aka Elena Stukalkina, 35, resided in Alexandria prior to her daughter’s birth on May 21. Though a DNA test prior to birth confirmed the child’s paternity, Pendergrass ordered the father to cease and desist all communications. After the child was born, she list... More...
(12-12-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents when interviewed about the activities. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi, 55, of Annandale, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2013, and was convicted of nineteen counts of aiding the preparation of a false income... More...
(12-12-2025 - VA)nited States of America v. Christopher Allan Johnson
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material. On October 10, 2024, after leaving the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, Christopher Allan Johnson, 54, logged into Kik and joined a public group dedicated to incest. There, an undercover FBI task f... More...
(12-12-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Quincy Eugeme Moore
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter[3] and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. In 2020, Quincy Moore and Donald Jeffreys had a verbal and physical altercation at a neighborhood gathering. Party attendees separated them, and Jeffreys walked away still making verbal threats. Although Jeff... More...
(12-04-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jihad Arlik Ruffin
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony murder while in the commission of shooting into an occupied building, Code § 18.2-33, use of a firearm in commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1, and maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building, Code § 18.2-279. * * * On July 3, 2021, a fatal shooting occurred inside the "NOLA by ... More...
(12-04-2025 - VA)United States of America v. James Arthur Scott
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ossession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, see 21 U.S.C. § 841.... More...
(11-21-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez
Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death. On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de... More...
(11-13-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Delonte West
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with public intoxication. Former NBA player Delonte West, age 46, was arrested after showing signs of public intoxication. ... More...
(11-13-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for “drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.†JA 106. Coe was holding pl... More...
(11-13-2025 - VA)Abigail Zwerner v. Ebony Parker, et al.
Newport News, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a gross negligence claim. Abigail Zwerner, a first-grad teacher in Newport News, Virginia was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023. She sued Ebony Parker claiming that the assistant principal failed and refused to respond to four separate reports from staff me... More...
(11-06-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Damontie James
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm. Damontie James of Alexandria, age 26, was accused of shooting and killing Kory Anding, 29, also of Alexandria.... More...
(11-03-2025 - VA)Brian Hoffard and Emmalyn Hoffard v. Marc Jones Construction, LLC d/b/a Sunpro Solar, aka Adt Solar, LLC
Newports News, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract action involving an arbitration agreement in a contract.... More...
(11-03-2025 - va)United States of America v. Jimmy Lawrence Nance
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate relief. ... More...
(11-03-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Kenneth Ray Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), which Johnson predicated on his purportedly “unusually long†sentence. See U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 1B1.13(b)(6), p.s. (2024).... More...
(11-03-2025 - VA)United States of America v. William Wellington Hooper, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse material, production of child sexual abuse material, and two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), (e), 2422(b). ... More...
(11-03-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Tanziludin Bangurah
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, l, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841. ... More...
(11-03-2025 - VA)State of Virginia v. Stephen Smerk
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Stephen Smerk, age 53, was accused of killing Robin Lawrence, age 27, who was killed in 1994. Detectives using DNA from the crime scene were able to identify Smerk as the killer. Investigators turned to Ellen Greytak, director of bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, a... More...
(10-26-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Daniel Jackson
Pikeville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. At trial, Jackson took the stand and insisted that an officer planted the drugs discovered in his car and near his person. Jackson’s story didn’t stick; the jury convicted. ... More...
(10-24-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Carl Thomas, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute Oxycodone.... More...
(10-23-2025 - VA)United States of America v. russel Guye Dadzie
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of impersonating a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912. ... More...
(10-23-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jamar Lafonz Hilliard
Portsmouth, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter and maliciously discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. ... More...
(10-21-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Derek McKinley Mabins
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-95; felony failure to appear, in violation of Code § 19.2-128; petit larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-96; and intentional destruction of property valued at less than $1,000, in violation of Code § 18.2-137(B)(i). ... More...
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