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Prosecutors plan more charges for Virginia fake ID ring

Federal prosecutors say more charges are expected against three Charlottesville residents charged with selling fake IDs to thousands of college students across the country.

U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy said Thursday that authorities seized more than $2 million in a Charlottesville raid stemming from the fake ID ring.

According to a criminal complaint, the May 6 raid also netted an arsenal of 18 handguns, shotguns and assault rifles. Read More, Click Here

Source: The Virginian-Pilot

Former Virginia Commonwealth University dental professor convicted of embezzling more than $100,000

A retired Virginia Commonwealth University dental professor almost got away with stealing more than $100,000 from the VCU Dental Faculty Practice Association, authorities said.

But James E. Hardigan was undone by a measly 63 cents that was left in an account from which he had taken a large sum of money, according to Richmond prosecutor John Jung.


Hardigan, 69, pleaded guilty Thursday in Richmond Circuit Court to felony embezzlement of $137,553. Read More, Click Here

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Babysitter in Richmond, Virginia sentenced to maximum time for killing 2-year-old girl

The 2-year-old girl had a bad rash and kept crying for her mother, who was out of town.

The babysitter, Gabriela Gonzales, apparently could not stand it anymore. Richmond prosecutor Edward Nickel said that Gonzales shook the girl so hard that her “neck had to be snapping back and forth” and also smashed the girl’s head several times onto a bathtub or toilet.


She died three days later.

On Thursday, Judge Margaret P. Spencer of Richmond Circuit Court sentenced Gonzales, whom prosecutors said has shown no remorse, to 20 years in prison — the maximum sentence possible — for the death of Keiry Nicole Dominguez Martinez. Read More, Click Here

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia’s jobless rate falls to 5.2 percent in April

Virginia’s unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 5.2 percent.

The jobless rate dropped from the 5.3 percent rate in March and 5.9 percent in April 2012, the Virginia Employment Commission reported today.

Those rates have been adjusted for seasonal factors such as temporary employment fluctuations in some industries. Read More, Click Here

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia revenues up 2.2 percent in April

State revenue rose 2.2 percent in April compared with April 2012, according to figures released by the McDonnell administration. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total collections rose 4.1 percent through April, ahead of the annual forecast of 3.6 percent growth.

Adjusting for the accelerated sales tax program, total revenue grew 3.8 percent through April, ahead of the adjusted forecast of 3.4 percent growth. Over the next two months, the state must collect $3.6 billion to meet the fiscal year estimate. Last year $3.5 billion was collected in the May and June span.
State officials say April is a significant month for collecting revenue. Read More, Click Here

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia Governor McDonnell has lowest approval rating in two years

Gov. Bob McDonnell's job approval rating has dipped slightly, according to a poll released this morning amid increased scrutiny of the governor's relationship with a major campaign donor -- an issue that more polled view as "just politics" than a "major issue."

McDonnell's approval rating in the new Quinnipiac University poll dipped to 49 percent, the lowest its been since October 2011, when he posted a 62 percent approval rating, and the first time it dipped below 50 percent in that survey.

That said, another recent poll showed McDonnell’s popularity continuing, with a 61 percent job approval rating among registered voters. The NBC/Marist poll surveyed 1,095 registered voters between April 28-May 2. Read More, Click Here

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch