Washington Field Division — 2009 Releases
Final Conspirator in Fairfax Gaming Store Armed Robbery Sentenced 120 Months
December 4, 2009
Steven Anthony Turrentine, 24, of Prince William County, Va., was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in an armed robbery of thousands of dollars of Xbox 360s, PlayStation 3s, Nintendo DSs, and other gaming equipment from a Gamestop store in Fairfax, Va. Turrentine was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,735. More »
Fourteen Charged with Allegedly Paying $8 Million for Contraband Cigarettes
November 5, 2009
Fourteen individuals were charged today with allegedly paying or trading more than $8 million, nearly 40 firearms, and drugs to purchase 388,000 cartons - totalling more than 77 million contraband cigarettes – to sell in New York. More »
Three Indicted For Arson
October 22, 2009
A husband, wife and a family friend have been indicted by a federal grand jury for plotting and carrying out the arson of the couple’s Vinton, Va. home as a way to collect on the couple’s homeowner insurance policy. More »
Maryland Man Found Guilty On Obstruction Of Justice And Murder For Hire Charges
October 22, 2009
A Fort Washington, MD man who tried to trade a motorcycle for the murder of a witness set to testify against him in an upcoming drug trial was found guilty Wednesday of all counts against him, including obstruction of justice and murder for hire. More »
North Carolina Man Sent To Prison And Barred From Tobacco Industry
September 30, 2009
Terence P. McLaughlin, an Ayden, North Carolina, business owner was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year, barred from any involvement in the tobacco industry for ten years, and ordered to forfeit $801,495 to the United States after admitting to conspiring to avoid federal excise tax on cigarettes removed from his factory and being part of a contraband cigarette trafficking scheme. More »
Jury Sentences Contract Killer To Death
August 27, 2009
David Anthony Runyon, age 38, of Morgantown, W.Va., was sentenced to death by a federal jury today for murdering Navy sailor Cory Allen Voss as part of a contract killing devised by the sailor’s wife and boyfriend. More »
Florida Man Indicted for Setting 2003 Fire that Destroyed Strasburg, Virginia Restaurant
June 11, 2009
United States Attorney Julia C. Dudley and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Edgar A. Domenech announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging William Wardell Webelir, a.k.a “Cosmo,” age 56, of Port Richey, Florida, with arson related to a October 2003 fire that destroyed Bad Water Bill’s Barbeque Barn, a restaurant in Strasburg, Virginia. More »
ATF Fugitive Arrested in Florida Last Defendant in “Operation Blockbuster” Case
February 25, 2009
The last remaining defendant in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) led “Operation Blockbuster” narcotics and firearms investigation, Obenson Sesere, age 27, of Ft. Pierce, Fla., was arrested by the Palm Beach County Florida Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2009. More »
ATF Washington Field Division Releases Top Investigations of 2008 (Western Judicial District of Virginia Cases)
February 25, 2009
Edgar A. Domenech, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division (WFD), released the list of top investigations undertaken during 2008. More »
ATF Washington Field Division Releases Top Investigations of 2008 (Eastern Judicial District of Virginia/Washington D.C. Cases)
February 25, 2009
Edgar A. Domenech, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division (WFD), released the list of top investigations undertaken during 2008. More »
Four Indicted in Arson of Weekend Sofa Outlet
February 10, 2009
United States Attorney Julia C. Dudley announced today the return of a 12-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke charging four individuals with a variety of criminal actions related to an arson committed at the Weekend Sofa Outlet in Roanoke, Virginia on August 3, 2008. More »
D.C. Residents Sentenced in Series of Armed Robberies in Virginia, Maryland
January 30, 2009
Michael Gray, age 47, and his nephew, Dante Lorenzo Gray, age 22, both residents of Washington, D.C., were sentenced in U.S. District Court on charges arising from their commission of 19 armed robberies of retail businesses in Fairfax County and Alexandria, Va., and Prince George’s County, Md. Dante Gray was sentenced to 144 months on January 23, 2009, and Michael Gray was sentenced to life in prison on January 30, 2009. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee sentenced both men. More »