Pictured: Just after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and other related charges and while being taken back to Accomack Jail, Jordan Eric Ames is confronted by the mother and aunt of his victim and tells them he didn’t do it. Linda Cicoira photo. By Linda Cicoira A former Onancock man was given 20 years of active time in prison Thursday in …
Pictured: Just after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and other related charges and while being taken back to Accomack Jail, Jordan Eric Ames is confronted by the mother and aunt of his victim and tells them he didn’t do it. Linda Cicoira photo. By Linda Cicoira Just after pleading guilty in Accomack Circuit Court to first-degree murder, robbery, and firearm offenses …
By Linda Cicoira A suspect in a 2021 Onancock murder was denied bond Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court after a judge became convinced the defendant “would be a danger to the public” if he were allowed out of the juvenile detention center. Judge W. Revell Lewis III made the determination in part because 18-year-old Jordan Eric Ames was …
By Linda Cicoira Judge Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. upheld a defense lawyer’s motion Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court that will keep his Onancock area client from being tried as an adult in a murder case. Shore Daily News is not disclosing the suspect’s name because he was 15 years old at the time of the offense. Anyone under 18 is …
By Linda Cicoira A motion to suppress evidence against Jordan Eric Ames in his upcoming murder trial was denied Wednesday in Accomack Circuit Court after the judge found the defendant’s rights were not violated by police officers as they carried out their investigation. Defense lawyer Kenneth Singleton unsuccessfully argued that police lied to the then 17-year-old Ames, of Hill Street …
Defense Lawyer Says Unaware of Video in Murder Case By Linda Cicoira A Virginia Beach defense lawyer got his suppression hearing continued Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court after he announced he was unaware there was a video linking his client to an October 2021 murder. The lawyer learned about the tape when the first prosecutor’s witness testified about …
By Linda Cicoira One of three suspects charged in the connection with the 2021 death of a Painter man entered pleas of not guilty to premeditated murder and related crimes Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court. The victim, 23-year-old Nicholas Kyle Joseph, of Fooks Lane, was sitting in the driver’s seat of car in the middle of the town of Onancock …
By Linda Cicoira Another young town man was indicted this week in Accomack Circuit Court on premeditated murder and related charges in connection with the death of a Painter resident who was shot multiple times in his car on Johnson Street in Onancock last October. Eighteen-year-old Daniel David Douglas, of Market Street, was 17 when the shooting occurred. He turned …
Carolyn Ward Belote, 88, wife of the late James Stanley Belote and resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at her residence. A native of Birdsnest, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Lloyd Ward and the late Grace Nottingham Ward. She was a member of the Cape Charles Baptist Church. She is survived …
Nandua Middle School has announced the names of the honor students for the last grading period. Nandua Middle School is proud of all of the students that earned Star Brave and/or Honor Roll status for the second quarter.