A Norfolk resident, Lloyd Levi Hardy, also known as Blu or Trap Monster, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The sentencing took place in Norfolk, Virginia.
Court documents state that in September 2023, the Virginia Beach Police Department obtained state arrest warrants for Hardy following a shooting incident at an apartment where a woman and children were present. The charges included brandishing a firearm, use of a firearm during commission of a felony, shooting into an occupied dwelling, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Law enforcement arrested Hardy on October 10, 2023, at a hotel in Virginia Beach. During the arrest, police searched his vehicle and found approximately $1,600 in cash, over 13 grams of cocaine, more than 14 grams of heroin, nearly 12 grams of psilocyn (a hallucinogenic substance), and four firearms—one reported stolen. Ballistics linked one of the recovered firearms to the earlier shooting incident. Investigators also seized a cellphone containing messages dating back to December 2020 detailing sales of heroin, cocaine, and psilocyn.
Hardy has previous convictions for grand larceny, destruction of property, obstructing justice, unlawful delivery of controlled substances, unlawful possession of a firearm, eluding police with endangerment, and burglary. At the time he committed these new offenses he was under conditions of good behavior for two separate prior convictions.
Hardy pleaded guilty on November 19, 2024. Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. issued the sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan M. Montoya prosecuted the case with assistance from former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Alyssa Miller—an Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.
“A copy of this press release is also available on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia’s website here.”
