II. PROBABLE CAUSE
4. On March 20,2015, the Norfolk Police Department (NPD) executed a search warrant at
Americas Best Value Inn in connection to the disappearance of an individual, A.H. Hotel
logs taken into custody by NPD show HADSELL had been residing in this hotel room
since February 24, 2015, and prior NPD surveillance had also observed him at that hotel
and room.
5. NPD took several items into custody during the search of the hotel room to include
approximately 80 rounds of Geco 9mm Luger ammunition. One round was located on
the table in the hotel room in plain sight, and approximately 49 additional rounds were
located in a box on the same table in plain sight. Approximately 30 rounds were located
in a box in the air vent above the table in the hotel room. Also located during the search
were court documents bearing HADSELL's nameand correspondence addressed to
HADSELL. Noother individual was listed on the hotel registry as staying in that room
on or about March 20,2015.
6. On May 11,2015, A.B. testified in the General District Court of the City of Norfolk in
the matter of Commonwealth of Virginia v. Wesley Hadsetl, that, among other things, one
night he and another individual "went over to Wes's [HADSELL's] hotel room. He
[HADSELL] asked us to drop him off because he didn't have a car at the time. So we
dropped him off and he invited us over. Before we went and left, he said he had to grab a
bag. He said it was his bag of toys. He didn't want the cops to find out. We went back
to the room. He pulled outammo. He said he had two guns, buthe kept those in the bag,
put the ammo in the air vent."
7. On August 24,2015, NPD conducted forensic analysis of HADSELL's cell phone
pursuant to a search warrant. On HADSELL's phone is a video of A.H. shooting what
appears to be a Glock handgun at the Norfolk County Rifle Range in Chesapeake, VA.
The associated metadata showed this video was taken on 12/31/2013 at approximately
noon. On August 25, 2015,1 spoke with a manager at the Norfolk County Rifle Range.
He provided me with a portion ofthe sign in log book from 12/31/2013 at that rifle range,
and my inspection of that document shows a "Wes Hadsell" entry, along with an A.H.
entry, on that date.
8. On August 20, 2015, Special Agent Darrell Logwood, an ATF Interstate Nexus Expert,
examined the ammunition seized during the March 20,2015, search warrant described
above. SA Logwood determined that the above described ammunition was not
manufactured in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and therefore had traveled in interstate
or foreign commerce.
9. Based on my investigation, HADSELL has various prior felony convictions including but
not limited to: On or about 2006 in the United States District Court, Southern District of
Ohio, Bank Robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(A); on or about 1996, in James
City County District Court, Virginia, Statutory Burglary; on or about 1998, in Dare
County Superior Court, North Carolina, Felonious Restraint; on or about 1998, in Dare
County Superior Court, North Carolina, Breaking and Entering; and on or about 1999, in
Dare County Superior Court, North Carolina, Second Degree Burglary.
