By Linda Cicoira A Greenbush man pleaded guilty Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court to the December 2019 murder of 19-year-old Tayvion Laquan “Tay Man” Smith, who was shot when gunfire blasted his girlfriend’s Jacob Street apartment in Onancock. Twenty-six-year-old Eric Bruno Custis Jr., of Wharton Circle, also admitted to robbing the Accomac Shore Stop store in April of 2023 and …
By Linda Cicoira More indictments were brought Monday against suspected killer Eric Bruno Custis Jr. This time authorities are saying he committed crimes in Northampton County earlier this year. A grand jury indicted Custis of robbing Family Dollar in Exmore on April 22, using a firearm in a threatening manner in the robbery, and wearing a mask, hood, or other …
By Linda Cicoira The suspect in a 2019 murder case pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Accomack Circuit Court Thursday on charges that accuse him of robbing the Shore Stop in Accomac at gunpoint in April. Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Bruno Custis Jr., with addresses on Dogwood Drive in Onancock and Wharton Circle in Greenbush, asked for …
By Linda Cicoira A county man, who is already facing a 2019 second-degree murder charge in connection with another incident, was indicted Monday for armed robbery of the Shore Stop, in Accomac, earlier this year. Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Bruno Custis Jr., with addresses on Dogwood Drive in Onancock and Wharton Circle in Greenbush, was indicted on counts of robbery of the …
Pictured above: Vontrell Lataize Trader (left) and Eric Bruno Custis Jr. (right). By Linda Cicoira Two murder cases moved along Thursday in Accomack Circuit Court. Twenty-six-year-old Eric Bruno Custis Jr., of Wharton Circle in Greenbush, was arraigned. He entered pleas of not guilty to second-degree murder and use of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Tayvion …
By Linda Cicoira Suspects in two previously unsolved murders in Accomack County were arrested Monday following indictments that were brought by a multi-jurisdictional grand jury last week. The indictments were sealed by the court on May 12 until the arrests were made pertaining to the 2022 death of 41-year-old Jamar Antwyn Smith, also known as Muscle, of Onancock, and the …