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The Alexandria Police Department and the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office have partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration in the 6th National Prescription Drug Take-Back initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave announced today the arrest of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Eric Justin Toth.

Abeselom Hailemariam, 33, of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today for his participation in a conspiracy to steal approximately $1.4 million of visitor parking fees when he was employed by Parking Management, Inc., (PMI), the company contracted to manage parking services at the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

Robert Chin, 66, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 150 months in prison and a $7,000 fine, followed by a five year term of supervised release, for distributing heroin and oxycodone to numerous young women, including one minor with whom he exchanged narcotics for sex acts.

Benjamin F. Weatherly, 31, of Washington, DC, was sentenced Wednesday to a total of 120 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Weatherly was also ordered to forfeit and pay restitution in the amount of $110,495.57.

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the process for interested candidates to apply for judicial vacancies that currently exist on Virginia's circuit courts.

Daniel A. Vivas, 40, of Oklahoma City, Okla. was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud conspiracy that caused more than $2.5 million in losses to various banks and mortgage lenders.

Tasheik Ashanti Champean, 46, of Suitland, Md., was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, followed by a three year term of supervised release, for his role in a 2010 robbery which resulted in the death of Jose Cardona.

Derek Matthews, 46, of Harwood, Md., pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes from a government contracting company in exchange for using his position to help the company find and win contracts.

April Burke, Beth Gibney, and Marie Kux, known by their friends and supporters as Alexandria's "Iron Ladies," yesterday filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the Alexandria Circuit Court.