Money Mafia Gang Member Sentenced to 7 Years for 2023 Shooting, Possessing Illegal Drugs in Jail, Violating Probation

NORFOLK, Va. — Tashon Infinite Moton, 25, was sentenced on Friday to serve seven years in prison for shooting and injuring a man near the Norfolk State University campus in 2023, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, violating his probation from a previous offense, and possessing illegal drugs in jail.

On the evening of Aug. 11, 2023, Mr. Moton, who is a Norfolk gang member, shot a man from another gang in a strip mall parking lot near the intersection of Brambleton and Marshall avenues. The man returned fire at Mr. Moton, and both men fled in their vehicles before Norfolk State University Police and Norfolk Police arrived. Based on the accounts of witnesses who called 911, surveillance footage, cartridge casings from the crime scene, and a discarded handgun that investigators collected following a vehicle pursuit two weeks later, police were able to identify and arrest Mr. Moton within the following month.

Footage of the shooting from the strip mall and other nearby buildings showed Mr. Moton arriving to the parking lot, getting out of his vehicle, looking around the parking lot, and waiting behind another car. The victim, who was inside a convenience store, then walked out of the store and toward the passenger side of the car he had arrived in. When Mr. Moton saw the victim, he ran up to the victim and opened fire using a handgun with an extended magazine. Mr. Moton’s gunfire struck the victim, the victim’s vehicle, and a nearby gas pump. The victim returned fire at Mr. Moton, who was uninjured, before both men fled in their vehicles. Police collected 15 bullet casings from the scene that were later tested and found to have been fired from Mr. Moton’s gun, which was recovered two weeks after the shooting. Police also utilized the Flock license plate reader system to confirm the car Mr. Moton was using.

On Aug. 21, 2023, investigators conducting surveillance on Mr. Moton saw him with a handgun equipped with an extended magazine and driving the same car from the shooting. On Aug. 25, 2023, investigators located Mr. Moton’s vehicle again and saw Mr. Moton entering the passenger seat. When the investigators later attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver did not stop and began eluding. The subsequent pursuit was discontinued for safety reasons. During the pursuit, however, someone in the suspect vehicle threw a handgun equipped with an extended magazine out the window. Investigators recovered that firearm from the front yard of the residence where it landed. Along with the cartridge casings from the scene of the Aug. 11 shooting, the firearm was tested and confirmed to have been the gun Mr. Moton used that day.

As a result of their investigation, police secured charges against Mr. Moton for several felonies, including malicious wounding, carrying a concealed weapon, maliciously shooting into a vehicle, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Surveillance of Mr. Moton continued until he was taken into custody on those warrants the following month. While Mr. Moton was being held in the Norfolk City Jail, deputies found him in possession of Schedule I and Schedule III drugs, and Mr. Moton was charged with those additional felonies.

In December 2024, Mr. Moton entered an agreement to plead guilty to unlawful wounding, carrying a concealed weapon, unlawfully shooting into a vehicle, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In exchange for Mr. Moton’s guilty pleas, the Commonwealth withdrew other similar charges related to the shooting and agreed to seek a sentence for those charges not to exceed the high-end of Mr. Moton’s sentencing guidelines, which was calculated to be four years and eight months in prison. Mr. Moton also pleaded guilty to both drug charges — with no agreement to his sentence for those charges — and to being in violation of his probation from a 2019 offense, for which he faced three years of previously suspended prison time.

On Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, following arguments from the Commonwealth and defense, Judge Rigney sentenced Mr. Moton to serve four years in prison for the shooting-related charges and suspended another three years on the condition that Mr. Moton be of uniform good behavior for three years following his release. For Mr. Moton’s drug charges, Judge Rigney sentenced Mr. Moton to six years in prison and suspended that time on the same condition. For violating the terms of his probation, Judge Rigney revoked and imposed the three previously suspended years for Mr. Moton to now serve, bringing Mr. Moton’s total active sentence to seven years.

“The identification, arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Mr. Moton show what is possible when witness cooperation, the responsible use of technology, and solid police work give us as prosecutors the tools to secure a conviction and appropriate sentence in court,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “I express my appreciation to the hard-working team who helped hold Mr. Moton accountable and to protect the community from further acts of violence on Mr. Moton’s part.  We will continue to focus our office’s resources on those who engage in violence, especially gang violence, in our City.”

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Anthony J. Comento prosecuted Mr. Moton’s cases, and Norfolk Police Detectives Ryan D. Newcome and Jose R. Oyola as well as Norfolk Sheriff’s Deputy Johnathan Miller led the investigations.

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