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Grand Jury Indicts 63 Individuals: Drug Charges Account for 26% of Offenses


Release Date:  Monday, November 2, 2009  4:45 p.m.

Harvey L. Bryant, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach, announced that a grand jury meeting in Virginia Beach Circuit Court today returned indictments against 63 individuals charging 133 offenses.  Among the charges were 35 felony drug offenses, 13 grand larcenies, 3 robberies, 5 burglaries, 7 malicious woundings, 3 firearm charges, and 6 petit larcenies (3rd or subsequent offense).

 

Of the felony drug offenses, 28 involve prescription fraud or forgery.  Each of those offenses carries a sentence of up to 5 years in the penitentiary.  Those 7 individuals are:

 

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Joseph Vincent Bava

2500 block Greystone St

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

Thomas Raymond Bronson

3900 block Lansing Ct

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

June Stacey Connor

700 block St. Bernard Sq

Virginia Beach, VA 23454

Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

Dawn Marie Endres

1400 block Carolina Rd

Suffolk, VA 23438

Prescription Forgery – 2 counts

Lisa Michelle Johnson

500 block Diamond Plum Cir

Virginia Beach, VA 23452

Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

Christine Elaine Knight

6100 block Columbo place

Dulles, VA 20189

Prescription Fraud (Attempt) – 1 count

Mellisa Marie Reliford

3900 block Lansing Ct

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

 

The grand jury charged 1 individual with felony Driving Under the Influence:

 

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Michael Allen Reaves

1500 block Gallery Ave

Virginia Beach, VA 23454

DUI 3rd w/in 10 yrs

 

Investigators for the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services presented an indictment against 1 individual involving welfare fraud:

 

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Dawn Renee Ambrosini

800 block 12th St

Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Fraudulently Obtaining Welfare Assistance >$200

 

 

 Please contact Julie Pickell if additional information is desired.

 

Media Contacts:

Julie Pickell
(757) 385-8545
jpickell@vbgov.com

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