Recent NewsJuly 20 - Chesterfield Man Sentenced to 4 Years 6 Months for Possession of Child Pornography Franklin Spain, Jr., 45, of Chesterfield County has been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in a Virginia correctional facility with an additional 40 years and 6 months suspended after being found guilty on five counts of possession of child pornography.
Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued the following statement on his decision not to appeal or seek a stay of the three-judge panel’s decision in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections finding that 12 House of Delegates districts are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders that “sorted voters into districts based on the color of their skin.”
July 19 - Herring Takes Action against Deceptive Veterans Charities as Part of Nationwide Sweep Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced that his office has taken legal action against two deceptive charitable organizations that he believes have conned Virginians by falsely promising their donations would help veterans, when the money really went to benefit those operating the so-called charities.
July 18 - Attorney General Mark Herring Secures Guilty Pleas in Illegal Fox Penning Sweep Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s first in the nation Animal Law Unit has secured guilty pleas from nine individuals as part of a sweep targeting fox pens stocked with illegal wildlife.
July 12 - Loudoun County Man Found Guilty for Reproduction and Possession of Child Pornography John Wayne Bruce, Jr., 48, of Aldie, VA in Loudoun County was found guilty today of three counts of reproduction and ten counts of possession of child pornography in Loudoun County Circuit Court following his plea of guilty to possession and admittance that the Commonwealth’s evidence could not be overcome on reproduction.
Robert Gale Wojda, 56, of Richmond has been sentenced to 20 years in a Virginia correctional facility with an additional 60 years suspended, after pleading guilty to two counts of using an electronic communications system to solicit a minor under the age of 15.
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