Virginia State Police welcomes 59 new troopers to the ranks

The Virginia State Police marked the 130th generation of Virginia State Troopers on Friday.

The 59 new troopers were presented their diplomas during commencement exercises at the State Police Training Academy in North Chesterfield County.

The new troopers have received more than 1,300 hours of classroom and field instruction in more than 100 different subjects, including defensive tactics, crime scene investigation, ethics and leadership, survival Spanish, police professionalism, firearms, judicial procedures, officer survival, cultural diversity and crisis management.

The members of the 130th Basic Session began their 29 weeks of academic, physical and practical training at the Academy March 20.

The graduates of the 130th Basic Session are from every corner of the Commonwealth, as well as Alabama, Indiana, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

The new troopers will report to their individual duty assignments across Virginia the week of Oct. 7. For their final phase of training, each trooper will spend an additional six weeks paired up with a Field Training Officer learning his or her new patrol area.

Kevin Alexander Allen	Virginia Beach	Hampton/Newport News
Maximo L. Arduini	Hamilton, New Jersey	Chesterfield
Domanic James Banish	Ticonderoga, New York	Fairfax
Brian Wayne Barrett	Bristol	Scott
Richard Shayne Brooks	Suffolk	York
Sung Hoon Cho	Sterling	Springfield
Jabreia Camay Clark	South Hill	Mecklenburg
Christopher Thomas Cortese	Guilderland, New York	Orange
Kelsea Lee Crotts	Smithfield	Portsmouth/Suffolk/Chesapeake
Anthony Carroll Daulton, Jr.	Appomattox	Prince Edward
Luis Brian Delgado	Chester	Chesterfield
Aaron Matthew Dorr	Suffolk	Portsmouth/Suffolk/Chesapeake
Nicholas Charles Fleischer	Bangor, Pennsylvania	Portsmouth/Suffolk/Chesapeake
Jacob Peter Gooch	Woodbridge	Springfield
Keith Aaron Griese	Manassas	Prince William
Devin Nicholas Hacker	Courtland	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Chance Alan Harrington	Rural Retreat	Frederick
Justin Roy Harris	Seville, Ohio	Campbell
Matthew Lane Hedgepeth	Chester	Hampton/Newport News
Andrew Ryan Jennings	Charlottesville	Arlington
Tanner Blake Jones	Damascus	Halifax
William Revely Keesee	Amherst	Franklin
Alexander Stephen King	Indianapolis, Indiana	Fairfax
Jason Patrick Kirk	Wytheville	Wythe
Joseph James Kulick	Edwardsville, Pennsylvania	Hampton/Newport News
Michael B. LeSage	Port Haywood	York
William McKinley Lester, II	Wise	Scott
William H. Littlejohn, Jr.	Chester	Dinwiddie
Joseph Hunter Lowe	Rural Retreat	Springfield
Larry Nathan Luna	Hackensack, New Jersey	Springfield
Jalante Rashard Manns	Roanoke	Isle of Wight
William Wyatt McCraw	Danville	Pittsylvania
Matthew David Meadows	Verona	Augusta
Conlan Jonathan Miller	Herndon	Fairfax
Bradley Austin Mills	Ashland	Hanover
Christopher Edward Miskin	Midlothian	Chesterfield
Adolfo Alberto Orellana	North Chesterfield	Stafford
Caleb James Parnell	Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania	Rockbridge
Jesse Dylan Peebles	Fries	Albemarle
Joshua Ryan Pelletier	La Crosse	Lunenburg
William Austin Peters	Rural Retreat	Dinwiddie
Alexander Carl Pike	Schwenksville, Pennsylvania	Warren
Devin Joseph Pluchino	Virginia Beach	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Isaiah Chance Puckett	Ararat	Botetourt
Katie Jean Reeves	Bealeton	Madison
Benjamin Alan Rhodes	Bracey	Mecklenburg
James Matthew Riggs	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	James City
Alexandra Nicole Roberts	Bumpass	Stafford
David M. Saunders	Henrico	Hanover
Kevin Peter Schumann	Centreville	Fairfax
Timofey Smosyuk	Vestal, New York	Henrico
Lloyd Ryan Spencer	Patrick Springs	Botetourt
Justin Lee Sproston	Gloucester	Mathews
Ryan James Walker	Midlothian	Rockbridge
Matthew Allan Wilkinson	Clarksville	Appomattox
John Dakota Winebrenner	Danville	Pittsylvania
John Carper Workman	Wytheville	Albemarle
John Tyler Wukich	Christiansburg	Albemarle
James Brandon Yates	Lebanon	Botetourt