Man convicted of murder for luring the victim to store, shooting him in the chest
On July 2, 2024, a jury convicted Essonie Lennon after a two-day jury trial before the Honorable Judge Charles Maxfield of 10 felony charges including: 1st Degree Murder, Attempted Robbery, Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle, Abduction, and several firearm-related charges. These charges stem from the December 23, 2021 shooting death of Michael Neblett at Autumn […]
Contessa Holloman sentenced for homicide in the overdose death of three-year-old child
On July 26, 2024, Contessa Holloman appeared before the Honorable Judge Hoffman in the Newport News Circuit Court for sentencing on one count of Felony Homicide, one count of Possession of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, and two counts of Child Abuse and Neglect. She faced a possible maximum sentence of sixty-five years incarceration. This […]
Man who shot 16-year old on 36th street sentenced to 26 years in prison
[July 19, 2024 — Newport News, VA] Today Judge Christopher R. Papile sentenced Trashon Lamont Williams to twenty-six years in prison for the 2023 shooting of a 15-year-old near the 800 block of 36th Street. On January 2, 2023, Williams and a co-conspirator contacted the 15-year-old victim, who was known to Williams. They asked him […]
David Wayne Edmonds Convicted of Malicious Wounding in Assault of Elderly Father
[Newport News — June 13, 2024] Today the Hon. Tyneka L. D. Flythe of the Newport News Circuit Court sentenced David Wayne Edmonds to 20 years in prison, with 14 years suspended for assaulting his elderly father. Edmonds was convicted of malicious wounding after assaulting his elderly father on June 15, 2023. During an argument, […]