On April 24, 2024, after a trial by jury, Dequan Foreman was found guilty of three felonies related to the killing of 11-month-old, Zyn Evans-Hopkins. On October 18, 2024, Judge
READ MORENewport News Judge Gary Mills convicted a 21-year-old man on Oct. 9, 2024, for obstruction of justice after he posted a witnesses’ name on social media, labelling the witness a
READ MOREA Newport News man was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Friday, October 4, 2024, for a series of charges including possessing a handgun that had been converted to
READ MOREOn 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
READ MORE[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
READ MOREOn 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,
READ MOREOn June 28, 2024, a Newport News jury convicted a Hampton man of murder and two firearms charges for killing his former girlfriend in February 2023 and leaving her body
READ MOREOn June 12, 2024 the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office participated in the annual walk to end gun violence, which is presented by the Newport News Police Department and the Homicide Support
READ MORE[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
READ MOREA Newport News jury convicted a 22-year-old Hampton man on May 21, 2024, of robbing a convenience store clerk in the summer of 2023. The jury convicted Isaiah Nowell of
READ MORENewport News Commonwealth’s Attorney
Phone: 757-926-7443
2501 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor
Newport News, VA 23607
The Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney prosecutes criminal cases that occur within the City of Newport News, on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth. The elected Commonwealth’s Attorney is Mr. Howard E. Gwynn.
