Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Michael F.A. Morehart, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Richmond Field Office; and Keith A. Fixel, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Charlotte Division, made the announcement after Price’s initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Dennis W. Dohnal.

According to court documents and court proceedings today, Price ran a business called Madison Precious Metals, which collected funds from investors, falsely claiming that it would use the funds to purchase precious metals. Price then converted those funds to his own use. The indictment alleges that Price obtained just over $6.1 million dollars as a result of the scheme.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Assistant United States Attorney Michael C. Moore is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Criminal complaints are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The investigation has been coordinated by the Virginia Financial and Securities Fraud Task Force, an unprecedented partnership between criminal investigators and civil regulators to investigate and prosecute complex financial fraud cases in the nation and in Virginia. The task force is an investigative arm of the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, an interagency national task force.

President Obama established the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.

The suspects approached the store’s jewelry counter and one suspect asked to see a diamond solitaire ring. After trying on the ring, he asked to see it in a larger size. As the clerk went to get the ring, the suspect switched the solitaire ring with a three-stone ring. The clerk noticed the switch and confronted the suspect, who denied having switched the rings. When the clerk called for the manager, both suspects left the store and began running toward Midlothian Turnpike.

The first suspect is described as a white male, about 6 feet tall and 150 pounds. He was wearing a black knit hat, blue jeans and a dark shirt. He had dark brown hair.

The second suspect is described as a white male, about 6 feet tall and 150 pounds. He was wearing a dark green hat, a black jacket and light tan pants. He had shoulder length, dark brown hair.

Anyone with information should contact Chesterfield County Police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or text the code tip699 and send to 274637 (CRIMES).

The victim was walking home from Food Lion at about 6:30 p.m. when the suspect approached him, displayed a gun and demanded his property. As the victim walked away, the suspect fired several shots. One shot struck the victim in the leg. The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect is described as a black male, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 pounds with a thin or slender build and light complexion. He was wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information should contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or text the code tip699 with the tip and send to 274637 (CRIMES).

Lorene M. McClide, 77, was last seen at Martin’s in Colonial Heights about one month ago.

McClide, of the 21300 block of Sparta Drive, is described as a black female, about 5 feet 1 inch tall and 150 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She may be driving a silver 2009 Chevrolet Impala.

Anyone with information about McClide’s whereabouts should call Chesterfield County Police at 748-1251.

Police are seeking two men who robbed and assaulted a man in the 2700 block of Brampton Way at about 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15.

The victim had just left a store and was walking on Brampton Way when the suspects, armed with handguns, approached and demanded his property. The victim tried to walk away and one suspect struck him with a gun, knocking him to the ground and causing the gun to fire. The victim was not injured by the gunshot. The suspects then took his property and fled.

The first suspect is described as a black male, about 20 years old and 5 feet 5 inches tall with a light complexion. He was wearing all black clothing.

The second suspect is described as a black male, about 20 years old with a medium complexion. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.

These suspects match the description of two men involved in a robbery that occurred in the 2300 block of Alfalfa Lane at about 8:40 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. In that incident, the suspects approached the victim from behind and demanded her purse. The suspects pushed the victim to the ground, took her property and fled. No weapons were displayed and the victim was not injured.

Anyone with information should contact Chesterfield County Police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or text the code tip699 and send to 274637 (CRIMES).

Wright was indicted on September 6, 2011, by a federal grand jury. Sentencing has been scheduled for April 12, 2012. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a maximum penalty of 30-years’ imprisonment, and will be required to register as a sex offender in any U.S. jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.

According to court documents and information provided in open court at the plea hearing, an undercover FBI agent detected Wright trading child pornography images over a peer-to-peer network. Agents subsequently obtained and executed a search warrant at Wright’s residence, where they seized several computers and computer media. A forensic examination revealed that Wright had chatted with and distributed child pornography to minor boys over a webcam and had recorded the sessions as the minors engaged in sexual acts on camera. Thousands of additional movies and images of child pornography, including sadomasochistic conduct and bestiality, were also recovered from his computer. Analysts recovered further evidence from Wright’s digital camera that shows close-up images of what appear to be a minor boy’s buttocks.

This case was investigated by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Gene Fishel, a Special Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

For more information, contact the Chesterfield County Department of Utilities at 748-1310.

The suspect’s status remains unknown. Several law enforcement agencies are currently on the scene to assist in the ongoing investigation.

Officials are advising visitors to stay away from the campus at this time.

Update: 2:00 pm: Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall. During the traffic stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.

Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased.

Several law enforcement agencies have responded to assist. Virginia State Police has been requested to take lead in the investigation

The status of the shooter is unknown.

via Two People Killed in Shootings at Va-Tech | Richmond Daily-Monitor.

A graduate of St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., and Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., Jones-Turner has dedicated her life to the prevention of domestic and sexual violence.

She helped write domestic-violence curriculum for Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia Department of Social Services; helped Virginians Against Domestic Violence create the Women of Color Caucus; participated in Chesterfield County’s fatality review team; is helping to develop a response to the needs of Latino women; and founded LifeLines Ministries Inc., which offers support services to survivors of violence.

Jones has worked for Chesterfield County for 18 years as the Virginia Initiative for Employment program work experience coordinator at the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Department of Social Services and the domestic violence coordinator for Chesterfield County Community Corrections Services. She worked seven years as the domestic violence curriculum specialist for the Virginia Institute of Social Services training activities at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work.

“Victims of sexual and domestic violence in Virginia had few options 30 years ago, but that has changed thanks to the honorees and countless others whose efforts have empowered and improved the lives of survivors,” said Kristi VanAudenhove, co-director of the alliance.

Danny L. Bucy, 19, Javon U. Anthony, 19, and Tiffany L. Berry, 19, along with a 17-year-old male and a 16-year old female, were recently arrested in relation to the incidents. Bucy, of the 25000 block of James Avenue in Dinwiddie, and the 17-year-old male have also been charged in relation to a burglary that occurred on Nov. 14 in the 2500 block of Mistwood Forest Drive.

The tire slashings occurred in the Stoney Glen subdivision on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the Ashley Forest subdivision on Wednesday, Nov. 9, and in Chester Village Green on Sunday, Nov. 20. Together, these incidents involved 39 victims and approximately $32,500 in property damage.

Bucy faces a total of 27 charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony, breaking and entering, grand larceny and both misdemeanor and felony vandalism. Anthony, of the 2700 block of Mistwood Forest Drive, faces a total of 14 charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony and both misdemeanor and felony vandalism. Berry, of the 3500 block of Chesdin Boulevard in Dinwiddie, faces three charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony and misdemeanor vandalism. The 17-year-old male faces a total of 20 charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony, breaking and entering, grand larceny and both misdemeanor and felony vandalism. The 16-year-old female faces four charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony and misdemeanor vandalism.

These suspects are also believed to be involved in a tire slashing that occurred in Colonial Heights last month.