Bobby Bland was convicted of malicious wounding, statutory burglary of a building with intent to commit murder, and assault and battery of a family member charges.
State Police are investigating the case of a 34-year-old man who died less than six days after clashing with jail deputies who were attempting to book him into the Virginia Beach City Jail last week.
"The allegation that Ms. Hughes recorded an openly audible conversation in GOP Party headquarters with her cell phone is an absurd basis for a felony prosecution," an attorney for Virginia Beach GOP Chair Laura Hughes said in a statement.