SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Lewis Roy Hardy, 40, was convicted by a federal jury Tuesday on drug trafficking and gun charges following a traffic stop on August 17, 2025.
According to court records, a Virginia State Police trooper observed Hardy speeding and weaving in traffic on Route 164 in Portsmouth. Believing that Hardy may have been intoxicated, the trooper activated his lights to conduct a traffic stop. After coming to a stop, Hardy was given a field sobriety test, in which he failed and was placed under arrest.
During a search of Hardy’s car, officers found distribution quantities of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), and psilocyn (psychedelic mushrooms), as well as a loaded handgun with an extended magazine, an additional magazine, and a digital scale.
As a previously convicted felon, Hardy was not supposed to be in possession of a firearm or ammunition…