by James Ritch | Dec 11, 2021 | Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan A 49-year-old Chincoteague man will spend 10 years in prison for the April 2020 shooting of his father. Thomas Lee Watson Jr. was originally charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 70-year-old Thomas Lee “Big Tommy” Watson Sr., a...
by James Ritch | Nov 29, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting in Onancock in October. According to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, a 15-year-old male and a 17-year-old male, both from Onancock, were each charged with...
by James Ritch | Oct 18, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — An arrest has been made in the 2016 murder of forty-one-year old Eric Clifford Rhatigan of Eastville. On June 16, 2016, his body was found in a field on Davis Wharf Road near Craddockville. At 10:57 A.M. on October 15, Joseph Tykot, 58, of...
by James Ritch | Jul 6, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — An Exmore man was arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of two people Saturday evening in Deep Creek. Frederick Barnes, 34, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and three counts of use...
by James Ritch | Jun 16, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a report June 15, at approximately 11:11 p.m., of a male subject who had been assaulted and was in cardiac arrest at the Royal Farms in Onley, according to a press release from Accomack County...
