Court Postings

By Nancy Drury Duncan — An Accomack County man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted robbery in connection with a May 2019 incident. Bronta Jamar Ames, 26, of Melfa, also pleaded guilty to charges of credit card fraud and grand larceny in connection with an incident that took place two...
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A Hallwood town police officer entered a conditional guilty plea to driving under the influence of alcohol in an off-duty incident and received a suspended jail sentence. Allen W. Poulson, 42, who lives in Hallwood, was ordered to be on good behavior for one year. He...
By Nancy Drury Duncan — An Onancock man who was charged with several felony firearms violations after a roadway shooting pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges of reckless handling of a firearm in a deal with prosecutors. Joshua Ryan Bale, 23, had been charged with several felony firearms violations. In the early...
By Nancy Drury-Duncan — In a plea agreement with the commonwealth, Christina Hickman, 47, of New Church, pleaded guilty to the assault and battery of a family member. She was originally charged with malicious maiming. Her now-husband said she stabbed him in the hand while she was sleepwalking. She had...
By Stefanie Jackson — Kevin Lawrence Clark, 42, of Lankford Highway, Nassawadox, was indicted July 11 on three felony charges of assault and battery of a law enforcement officer. Clark is accused of the assault and battery of Deputy D. Cobb and Deputy J.L. Smith, Northampton County Sheriff’s Office, and Officer...
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A New Church woman charged with murder and arson was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Both the commonwealth and the defense attorney agreed this was the proper disposition of the case. Kimiko Tenallie Dickerson, 41, was charged with the April 2021 second-degree murder...
By Nancy Drury-Duncan – Keshaun Lamar Coston, 31, of Painter, initially scheduled for a bench trial last week, entered into a plea agreement with the commonwealth. Coston pleaded guilty to five felonies, which include two counts of eluding, damage to a church cemetery, possession of a firearm by a convicted...
By Nancy Drury-Duncan — Frederick Marvin “Ricky” Barnes Jr., 35, of Exmore, pleaded guilty last week to the murders of his mother, 75-year-old Brenda Barnes, and of Dean Reid, 53, and the attempted murder of Barnes’ sister, Christina Green. On July 3, 2021, Green was hosting a birthday cookout for a...
Bail was denied for 18-year-old Jordan Eric Ames, of Onancock, charged with the October 2021 murder of 23-year-old Nicholas Kyle Joseph, of Painter. Ames was indicted on attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and use of a firearm. Commonwealth’s Attorney Spencer Morgan described Ames as...
By Nancy Drury-Duncan – Frederick Marvin “Ricky” Barnes Jr., 35, of Exmore, pleaded guilty to the murders of his mother, 75-year-old Brenda Barnes and Dean Reid, 53, and the attempted murder of his sister Christina Green in a plea agreement with the commonwealth. All were gathered on July 3, 2021,...