Efforts to enhance public safety continue in Virginia Beach as police make arrests involving what’s called straw purchases. That is when someone buys a gun legally and then sells it to someone prohibited from owning a firearm, such as a felon or a minor.
On May 27, the Virginia Beach Police Department published a press release stating that its officers executed multiple search warrants on May 16 and seized two firearms, as well as firearm parts and accessories. They arrested Vincent Elliott (M/27) of Virginia Beach, who is now charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and conspiracy to sell a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Tyler Woleslagle (F/25) of Virginia Beach has also been arrested and charged with providing a firearm to a convicted felon.
Officers have been following this investigation since January 2025 after they arrested Alexis Guzman (M/22) of Virginia Beach and charged him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Since the arrest, VBPD officers say they have continued to investigate how Guzman acquired the firearm…