The man replacing the top federal prosecutor in the western reaches of Virginia is a familiar face to many in the Charlottesville area.

Robert Tracci has been tapped to serve as acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia after the abrupt and unexplained resignation of Todd Gilbert, who stepped down Wednesday after just 37 days on the job. Government-politics

US Attorney for Western Virginia abruptly resigns less than 2 months on job

LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times

Tracci served a four-year term as the commonwealth's attorney in Albemarle County, beginning in 2016. More recently, he has headed the Major Crimes and Emerging Threats Section in the Virginia Attorney General's Office.

"We congratulate him," that office's spokeswoman Chloe Smith told The Daily Progress

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