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Alexandria man pleads guilty to providing classified information to a foreign government

Published August 27, 2026 at 2:45PM

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An Alexandria man pleaded guilty Wednesday (Aug. 26) to transmission of national defense information to a foreign government.

Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, an IT specialist in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Insider Threat Division, was arrested on May 29, 2025, after making a dead drop at a prearranged location. The Federal Bureau of Investigation started its investigation into Laatsch in March 2025, after he sent an email decrying the Trump administration and offering to give classified information to a “friendly foreign government,” according to court records.

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Alexandria man convicted of distributing child sexual abuse material while on supervised release

By Ryan Belmore

Published September 18, 2025 at 1:15PM

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An Alexandria man who was already under court supervision for a previous child pornography conviction has been found guilty of continuing to distribute and possess child sexual abuse material through a mobile messaging app.

Antonio Rudy Gonzalez, 41, was convicted Wednesday on two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession following a bench trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 40 years due to his 2013 conviction for similar crimes.