[DECEMBER 15, 2023 – NEWPORT NEWS] — Today Deja Nicole Taylor was sentenced in connection with the January 6, 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. After hearing
READ MOREA Newport News jury found a man guilty of killing his wife even though police were never able to find her body. Adrian Lewis murdered his wife Shanitia Eure-Lewis on
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS, VA — SEPTEMBER 22, 2023] — On February 6, 2023, Jeffrey Lee Shorey, got in an argument with his wife at local hotel. Shorey then punched his wife
READ MORE[Newport News, VA – September 8, 2023] – Sarah Whitney Ganoe has been sentenced to 37 years behind bars for the murder of her 10-month-old baby boy, Zell Howard, and
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS, VA – AUGUST 15, 2023] – Today, in the Circuit Court for Newport News, Deja Nicole Taylor pled guilty to Felony Child Neglect related to the shooting at
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS – AUGUST 4, 2023] The Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announces the successful conviction and sentencing of Jeremy Allen Armstead, the former owner of Xtreme Dragon’s Black Belt
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS – JULY 14, 2023] Today, the Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office successfully secured a 50-year prison sentence for Vernon E. Green, the man responsible for the tragic death
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS – JUNE 16, 2023] A retired Air Force Colonel was sentenced to a total prison time of sixty years, with fifty-one years suspended, for the aggravated sexual battery
READ MORE[NEWPORT NEWS – APRIL 10, 2023] The Grand Jury for the City of Newport News has returned two indictments related to the January 6, 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School.
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.
