Release Date: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:35 p.m.
Harvey L. Bryant, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach, announced today that a Grand Jury meeting in Virginia Beach Circuit Court on Monday, August 17, 2009 returned indictments against 74 individuals charged with a multitude of offenses.
Phillip C. Bay, of the 2800 block of Saville Garden Way, was indicted for a total of 18 counts, including 11 counts of Possessing/Using/Manufacturing a Firebomb; 2 counts of Possessing or Using a Sawed off Shotgun; Possessing Weapons of Terrorism with the Intent to Terrorize; and Soliciting, Recruiting, etc. Another for an Act of Terrorism. Six of the counts were direct indictments of charges that had not been before the Juvenile Court. Bay is accused of plotting an attack on Landstown High School and will be tried as an adult in Circuit Court. He was 17 at the time of the offense.
Investigators for the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services presented indictments against 10 individuals involving welfare fraud. These offenses can carry up to 20 years in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,500. Those individuals are:
|
Defendant Name |
Last Known Address |
Charges |
| Latasha Horton Campbell | 6400 block of Dillard Place
Virginia Beach |
Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance; Obtain Food Stamps Under False Pretenses |
| Rosa Helen Flythe | 3400 block of Poppy Crescent
Virginia Beach |
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 4 counts |
| Brandi Kriatin Mann | 1800 block of Garden Drive
Virginia Beach |
Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance; Fraudulently Obtaining Welfare Assistance |
| Melissa Brown McClary | 2000 block of Lynnhaven Pkwy
Virginia Beach |
Obtain Food Stamps Under False Pretenses – 5 counts |
| Gwendolyn Irene Morgan | 5000 block of Pemberton Street
Virginia Beach |
Welfare Fraud- Fail to Notify Change in Circumstances |
| Teiara Lavette Powell | 3600 block of Windmill Drive
Virginia Beach |
Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance – 4 counts |
| Rena Cecile Smith-Rogers | Unknown | Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance – 2 counts |
| Johnnie May Snowden | Unknown | Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance – 3 counts |
| Tracey Kimberly Wall-Williams | Unknown | Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance – 3 counts |
| Leigha Suzanne Whitfield | 800 block of Wollard Court
Virginia Beach |
Knowingly Makes Any False Application for Welfare Assistance; Welfare Fraud- Fail to Notify Change in Circumstances |
Among the offenses, there were 18 felony drug law violations and 17 grand larcenies. The grand jury also returned indictments against individuals for aggravated sexual batteries, malicious woundings, burglaries, robberies, and forgeries.
Please contact Julie Pickell if additional information is desired.
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