https://freerepublic.com/tag/ronvillanueva/ en-us Wed, 3 Jul 2019 17:07:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3761332/posts NORFOLK Former state Del. Ron Villanueva is a mentor, a family man and just a generally good person, civic and business leaders said. Over the years, he's traveled to the Philippines to assist with an Operation Smile trip and repeatedly taken a family friend to the hospital to visit her dying father. But he is also a criminal. And that, a federal judge said Tuesday, shouldn't be forgotten. "You have done good things, but that doesn't put you above the law," U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith said from the bench. The Virginian-Pilot https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3761332/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jul 2019 17:07:12 GMT