Grand Jury Indicts 63 Individuals: Drug Charges Account for 26% of Offenses

Release Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Harvey L. Bryant, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach, announced that a grand jury meeting in Virginia Beach Circuit Court today returned indictments against 63 individuals charging 133 offenses. Among the charges were 35 felony drug offenses, 13 grand larcenies, 3 robberies, 5 burglaries, 7 malicious woundings, 3 firearm charges, and 6 petit larcenies (3rd or subsequent offense).

Of the felony drug offenses, 28 involve prescription fraud or forgery. Each of those offenses carries a sentence of up to 5 years in the penitentiary. Those 7 individuals are:

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Joseph Vincent Bava 2500 block Greystone St
Virginia Beach, VA
Prescription Fraud – 5 counts
Thomas Raymond Bronson 200 block N. First Ave
Virginia Beach, VA
Prescription Fraud – 5 counts
June Stacey Connor 700 block St. Bernard Sq<
Virginia Beach, VA
Prescription Fraud – 5 counts
Dawn Marie Endres 1400 block Carolina Rd
Suffolk, VA
Prescription Forgery – 2 counts
Lisa Michelle Johnson 500 block Diamond Plum Cir
Virginia Beach, VA
Prescription Fraud – 5 counts
Christine Elaine Knight 6100 block Columbo place
Dulles, VA
Prescription Fraud (Attempt) – 1 count
Mellisa Marie Reliford 3900 block Lansing Ct
Dulles, VA
Prescription Fraud – 5 counts

The grand jury charged 1 individual with felony Driving Under the Influence:

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Michael Allen Reaves 1500 block Gallery Ave
Virginia Beach, VA
DUI 3rd w/in 10 yrs

Investigators for the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services presented an indictment against 1 individual involving welfare fraud:

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Dawn Renee Ambrosini 800 block 12th St
Virginia Beach, VA
Fraudulently Obtaining Welfare Assistance > $200

Please contact Julie Pickell if additional information is desired.

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