Settlement Underway In Class Action Suit Over Unemployment Delays
Many Virginian s unemployment benefits aren t coming in time or haven t come at all. Legal aid groups sued the state last month over the delayed payments. (Photo: Cirxell Matthews/VPM News)
The Virginia Employment Commission has begun settlement talks with residents who filed a federal class-action lawsuit over delays in their unemployment benefits. Last month, legal aid groups sued the head of the VEC on behalf of five Virginia residents.
The federal judge hearing the case, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson, has ordered the parties involved to find a solution immediately.
Man implicated in two drug overdose deaths gets more than 12 years in prison
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RTD – An Aylett man who provided the fentanyl that led to two overdose deaths in Caroline County in less than 90 days was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 12½ years in prison.
Brian McConnell, 41, a heroin addict, pleaded guilty under the terms of an agreement last year to a charge of distribution of heroin in October 2019. Federal sentencing guidelines called for a prison term of 33 to 41 months.
However, the government and McConnell recommended that U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson sentence him to a term of 10 years in light of the deaths and his long criminal record. He could have faced 20 years to life had he gone to trial on a charge of distribution that resulted in a death.
Air Force veteran pleads guilty in scams to fleece other veterans
This article was updated to include additional information about Copeland’s Air Force service. An Air Force veteran in Portsmouth, Va., has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with various schemes to scam veterans, according to Department of Justice officials. Rita Copeland, 59, operated an organization called “Veteran Services of the Commonwealth,” claiming to provide caregiving, contracting, and rental assistance services to veterans from 2016 through 2020, according to a court document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She also at times operated a contracting business.
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A felon caught with a homemade assault rifle, a semiautomatic handgun and wearing body armor the night of June 12 at a demonstration near the Lee Monument in Richmond was sentenced to 4½ years in prison on Thursday.
Matthew Lee Frezza, 37, of Chesterfield County, who faced 46 to 57 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. The judge said Frezzaâs conduct on June 12 was a âclear and present dangerâ to the citizens of Richmond.
While heavily armed, Frezza rode in a three-truck caravan to the Robert E. Lee monument with other armed members of a group called the Virginia Coalition, âto extractâ members who had infiltrated protesters there and were attempting to gather intelligence on antifa, federal prosecutor Erik S. Siebert told Hudson on Thursday.