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Guatemalan national Joel Guerra Eraso was sentenced to eight years and 10 months in prison for immigration and firearms charges after he attempted to kill his wife.

Raheem Bennie Smith, aka Too-Too, 44, of Richmond, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Sheila C. Bynum-Coleman, 54, of Chesterfield, pled guilty today to making false statements to steal from multiple COVID-19 relief programs.

Jonathan Michael Jenkins, aka JHood, 42, of Yorktown, was sentenced today to five years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

A federal jury convicted Warith Deen Muhammad, 39, of McLean, on charges of wire fraud and violating the Travel Act relating to a precious metals investment Ponzi scheme.

A U.S. District Court Judge convicted James Dion Palmer, 56, yesterday on two counts of failing to register as a sex offender.

Antonio Rudy Gonzalez, 41, of Alexandria, man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release for a similar offense.

Chinese national Wenshen Xu was extradited from Guatemala to face charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, launder drug trafficking money, and provide material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

A federal jury convicted Indian national Varun Arora, 38, on charges of abusive sexual contact and assault onboard a flight.

Edward Fitzgerald, 59, of Fairfax, and Roberta Leigh Dawson, aka Bird, 63, formerly of Alexandria and current resident of Norlina, North Carolina, were sentenced to prison for their roles in a mortgage and investment fraud scheme.

Rashon Lamar Lofton, 40, of Richmond, was sentenced today to four years and four months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Hayden Scott Carpenter, 23, and Isaiah Luke Hood, 21, were sentenced to prison for convictions relating child sexual abuse material (CSAM).