by James Ritch | Jun 13, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A $50,000 bond was reduced to $25,000 for Domnique Rashad Wescott, 27, of Painter. He is charged with malicious shooting and maliciously shooting at an occupied building and related firearm charges. “He has no criminal record whatsoever,” said...
by James Ritch | Jun 13, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A jury of five men and seven women returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of 66-year-old Timothy Charles Landolt, charged with the aggravated sexual battery of his then-13-year-old step-granddaughter. In May 2019, the girl reported...
by James Ritch | May 29, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — Christopher Northcraft, 35, of Brooklyn Park, Md., pleaded guilty to misdemeanor eluding, reckless driving, and driving without a license in a plea agreement with the commonwealth. All these charges stemmed from a high-speed chase through...
by James Ritch | May 29, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A general district judge certified the vehicular manslaughter case of Justin Lafierrier, 27, of Milford, N.H., to a grand jury. Lafierriere, also known as Justin Soeum, is charged with the February crash that killed a Bloxom woman. He was...
by James Ritch | May 13, 2022 | Court Postings
A jury deliberated for 40 minutes before finding Benjamin Adam Hogan, 39, of Portsmouth, Va., not guilty on charges of breaking and entering and grand larceny. Hogan was accused of entering the home of Thomas Pruitt in June 2020 and taking a safe containing Pruitt’s...
by James Ritch | May 6, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan – Bail was denied for Jaheem Snead, 19, of Onancock. He is charged with shooting from a vehicle into an occupied vehicle while driving on U.S. Route 13 near Parksley in April 2021. He failed to keep required appointments with pretrial services...