re: VA State Senate Pro Tem Arrested by Federal Officers on Multiple Charges

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According to the Justice Department, Lucas’ associates included her daughters, Lisa Lucas-Burke and Theresa Lucas-Lamb, and her grandson, Ryan Eichelberger.

Lucas and Lucas-Burke opened The Cannabis Outlet in Portsmouth in 2021. Prosecutors allege Lucas-Lamb and Eichelberger acquired marijuana, supervised its distribution and managed the store for the enterprise.

Carlton Upton Jr., 54, of Chesapeake, was Lucas’ business partner in VA Freedom Life, an umbrella for The CBD Shoppe and The Cannabis Outlet beginning in 2019, according to a press release.

Upton managed The CBD Shoppe and allegedly worked with Lucas to obtain a recreational marijuana license benefiting the enterprise.

Prosecutors also allege Upton made materially false statements on an April 2020 application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan for Virginia Freedom Life. The loan was funded for $11,800.

Another allegation centers on a $750,000 payment Lucas allegedly made in August 2022 for full ownership of a business serving as a shell holding company for a co-conspirator’s expected Virginia recreational marijuana license.

Prosecutors allege Lucas failed to reveal that interest on required financial disclosure forms. They say she met with the co-conspirator at her Capitol complex office to receive a partial repayment and discussed the person’s qualification for a marijuana license with officials, including legislators, depending on her receipt of a bribery payment.

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