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June 24, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Jailer Sentenced For Crimes with Prisoner

Jailer Sentenced For Crimes with Prisoner

By Linda Cicoira — Maria Danielle Owens, a former corporal at the Eastern Shore Regional Jail, who supervised 20 other officers and was convicted of having sex with a prisoner and providing him with a cell phone, was sentenced Monday in Northampton Circuit Court...