The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his work during the Biden administration, further roiling the prominent U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after the ousting of other senior attorneys in recent weeks.

A man was sentenced to 254 months in federal prison following the sexual exploitation of at least six minors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said.

The Vice Chairman of the Smyth County School Board is facing federal charges for allegedly spending thousands of dollars to buy sexually explicit content from underage victims, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A Roanoke federal grand jury sealed an indictment earlier this month, charging 24 people from the Roanoke area with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and fraud connected to an emergency benefits program, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia.

A federal grand jury in Roanoke returned an indictment Thursday, charging a Moneta man with child sexual exploitation, stalking, and possession of child pornography in relation to his leadership role of a group of people who extort and “swat” people online, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

An American Airlines flight attendant was arrested in Lynchburg Thursday for allegedly secretly recording or attempting to record a minor female passenger using a lavatory aboard an aircraft he was working in September 2023.

Two men have been charged nearly a year after a gun shop in Ararat was robbed, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

In a 10 News exclusive, we talked with the U.S. Attorney asking about his relationship with Roanoke and the partnership with other cities like Danville and Lynchburg.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia was awarded six new positions to assist in their prosecution efforts.

Two Roanoke men have admitted to being co-conspirators in a 2020 drug trafficking crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Virginia.

A former Amherst County veterinarian pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing opioids from his former employer for personal use.

Federal prosecutors in Virginia are launching a new violent-crime initiative to increase coordination with state and local law enforcement.