Ten Indicted for Welfare Fraud

Release Date: Monday, June 1, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Harvey Bryant, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach announced today that a grand jury sitting in Virginia Beach Circuit Court returned indictments against 97 individuals. A grand jury sits in Virginia Beach the first and third Monday of every month. Investigators for the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services presented indictments against 10 individuals involving welfare fraud. These offenses carry up to 20 years in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,500. Those individuals are:

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Rosetta Boone 5600 block of Weblin Drive
Virginia Beach
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 3 counts
Randi Dawn Bradley 4800 block of Oldwick Court
Virginia Beach
Welfare Fraud
Jewel Shvonda Fauntleroy-Marshall 5900 block of Margate Avenue Virginia Beach Welfare Fraud – 2 counts
Diana Renee Foley 4900 block of Olive Grove Lane Virginia Beach Obtain Food Stamps Under False Pretenses – 3 counts
Wakanda Virginia Freeman 600 block of Red Kirk Lane
Virginia Beach
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 2 counts
Lisa Elizabeth Giggetts 1300 block of Thamesford Drive
Virginia Beach
Welfare Fraud – 2 counts
Knowingly Make False Application – 2 counts
Fail to Notify Change in Circumstances
Kim Renee Harvey 900 block of Ithaca Court
Virginia Beach
Welfare Fraud – 2 counts
Deborah Mae Wade Hill 3400 block of Daffodil Crescent
Virginia Beach
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 5 counts
Tenisha Nicole Mitchell 4900 block of Terret Court
Virginia Beach
Welfare Fraud – 2 counts
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 2 counts
Tammy Takako Nadeau 3700 block of Palace Place
Virginia Beach
Welfare Fraud – 2 counts
Knowingly Make a False Application for Welfare Assistance – 2 counts
Fail to Notify Change in Circumstances

The grand jury also indicted 8 individuals for felony Driving Under the Influence. Those individuals are:

Defendant Name

Last Known Address

Charges

Jessica Lynn Abate 900 block of Virginia Avenue
Virginia Beach
DUI 3rd Offense w/i 5 years
Jason Todd Broskey 5200 block of Deford Road
Virginia Beach
DUI 3rd Offense w/i 10 years
Drive w/ Revoked License
Bobby Ray Gober, Jr. 900 block of Gene Crescent
Chesapeake
DUI 3rd Offense w/i 10 years
Glennis O’Brian Hill 100 block of Smythe Court
Virginia Beach
DUI 3rd Offense w/I 10 years
Jennifer Hale Hurd 1300 block of Brant Road
Virginia Beach
DUI 3rd Offense w/i 10 years
Richard Moses, Jr.* 3500 block of Boyd Road
Virginia Beach
DUI 4th Offense w/i 10 years
Drive w/ Revoked License
Rex Delaney Royal 3500 block of Markham Court
Virginia Beach
DUI 3rd Offense w/i 10 years
Frank Scott Wade Homeless DUI 3rd Offense w/i 10 years

*Richard Moses’ 3 prior DUI convictions occurred in Virginia Beach. If convicted Mr. Moses faces a mandatory minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 10 years in the penitentiary, a $1,000 mandatory fine, and indefinite suspension of his operator’s license.

The grand jury also indicted 19 individuals charged with felony drug offenses.
“This was a busy session for the grand jury,” Bryant said. “They also indicted numerous individuals for murder, armed robberies, burglaries, malicious woundings, grand larcenies and aggravated sexual battery.”

Please call Amanda Herman if additional information is desired.

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