RICHMOND, VA. — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)), published as received.
RICHMOND, Va. – A Petersburg man was sentenced today to 21 years and 10 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to court documents, on Oct. 25, 2023, authorities searched the residences of Alonzo Lee Bonner Jr., 39, in Dinwiddie and Petersburg. When authorities ordered Bonner to exit his residence, Bonner refused, and a stand-off lasting approximately an hour ensued. During that stand-off, Bonner flushed several ounces of cocaine down his toilet.
At the Dinwiddie property, authorities searched both the residence and several vehicles owned and used by Bonner. Investigators recovered, among other things, $4,001, 348.3 grams of cannabis, 11.83 grams of cocaine, two handguns, a semiautomatic rifle, high-capacity magazines and ammunition, glass measuring devices containing cocaine residue, 101.82 grams of marijuana; and a digital scale.
At the Petersburg property, investigators recovered, among other things, 1,588.79 grams of marijuana, over a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, 17.46 grams of cocaine, a handgun, and ammunition.
When Bonner was arrested on Jan. 3, 2024, in Chesterfield, authorities recovered $3,252, approximately 36 grams of cocaine, approximately 39 grams of marijuana, digital scales, and a spoon with cocaine residue.
Bonner was previously convicted of, among other offenses, being an accessory after the fact to a willful and deliberate murder, failure to appear, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, eluding police with endangerment, distribution of cocaine, possession of a schedule I or II controlled substance, resisting arrest, and possession of a firearm by a felon. As a convicted felon, Bonner cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition.
Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Eric Weindorf, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Washington, D.C.; and Shane Todd, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne. The Chesterfield County Police Department assisted in the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephen W. Miller and Janet Jin Ah Lee prosecuted the case.
Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:26-cr-30.
