HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — Two Hopewell brothers — both previously convicted felons — have been sentenced on multiple charges, including drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
Brothers 32-year-old Eric Michael Vaughan and 34-year-old Quadir McKinnon, both of Hopewell, were sentenced within the last year for incidents that took place between December 2022 and January 2023, according to a Sept. 10 press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
McKinnon was sentenced on Jan. 31 to 14 years and seven months in prison for drug-related charges. On Sept. 10, Vaughan was sentenced to four years and six months in prison for firearm-related charges.
Both brothers had a criminal history prior to these most-recent sentencings. In Vaughan’s case, some of the included offenses date back to 2012.
In July 2012, Vaughan and a co-defendant robbed multiple victims in a Petersburg home. According to court documents, Vaughan was armed with a sawed-off shotgun during this incident.
This resulted in Vaughan being convicted of 11 felonies, including robbery, burglary, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and abduction. As a result, Vaughan was sentenced to 13 years in prison.