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4 Friday, June 1, 2018 LOCAL NEWS DAILY PRESS Killer of two gets two life terms Man who shot 80-year-old woman and her son during home invasion is sentenced The criminal complaint states Mitchell told detectives he kicked in the door of the Starnes' home, and as he came up to Kenneth Starnes' room, he thought he saw Kenneth Starnes reach for something, so he shot member gave a victim impact statement before Wednesday's sentence. Along with the two counts of murder, Mitchell pleaded guilty to two counts of use of a firearm in felony, for which he was sentenced an additional eight years, Phillips said. Mitchell also pleaded guilty to grand larceny, armed burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was sentenced to a total of 45 years, all suspended, for Mitchell those convictions. Mitchell was arrested days after Nancy and Kenneth Starnes were killed. He told investigators he shot them during a home invasion at the mother and son's house in the 4200 block of Ennisdale Drive, according to court records.

him. Kenneth Starnes, who was 58, fell back and hollered, and Mitchell told detectives he saw Kenneth Starnes on the floor and that he "just panicked" and shot him again. Nancy Starnes, 80, called out for her son, and Mitchell went into her dark room, the criminal complaint states. Mitchell told detectives he snapped and fired once, and his finger was on the trigger and he fired again. Richard Holmes, 20, is also charged with two counts of Alberto wreaks havoc in Va.

ANDREW SHURTLEFFTHE DAILY PROGRESS Baily Crockett, with the Albemarle Service Authority, points to a culvert that washed out a section of road on Holkham Drive in Albemarle County, near Charlottesville, on Thursday. By Jeffrey S. Collins and Sarah Rankin The Associated Press Heavy rains generated by subtropical Storm Alberto unleashed flooding in Virginia that washed out bridges, damaged homes, closed schools and transformed a normally peaceful creek into a raging river that swept away cars with people still in them. At least one person was killed and rescuers were searching for others. Rescue crews searching in and around Ivy Creek found the body of one of two occupants of a Toyota Prius that was swallowed by the creek, Albemarle County police said.

A search continued late Thursday afternoon for the second person, while farther north in Madison County, the sheriff's office said rescuers were searching for a female reported missing in water the night before. The storm, already blamed for at least four deaths in the U.S. earlier in the week, was pushing across the Great Lakes on Thursday. But the National Weather Service said the potential for more rainfall and flash flooding would continue for the Southeast, the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic through the end of the week. In Albemarle County, two cars were swept into Ivy Creek around 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday. The occupant of one car was able By Josh Reyes joreyesdailypress.com ISLE OF WIGHT An Isle of Wight County man will serve two life terms for the murder of mother and son Nancy and Kenneth Starnes during a September 2017 home invasion. Kareem Mitchell, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in Isle of Wight Circuit Court Wed nesday, and a judge sentenced him to two life terms, according to Georgette Phillips, the Isle of Wight County commonwealth's attorney Previously, Phillips planned to Two men rob, delivery driver By Peter Dujardin pdujardindailypress.com Two men assaulted and robbed an 18-year-old pizza delivery driver of cash and pizza on Covenant Court in Hampton on Monday night, the Hampton police said. The driver's mother, Michelle Carless, then posted pictures of her son's injuries on Facebook with the post garnering more than 4,500 shares as of Wednesday afternoon. "He got beat up and robbed tonight for less than $20 and a pizza," she wrote in the post, also asking for prayers.

"What is this world coming to?" Hampton police said the robbery took place at 1L07 p.m. on Covenant Court, not far from West Mercury Boulevard. One of the men called out to the driver, then BRIEFS NEWPORT NEWS 74 storage units broken into Dozens of storage units were recently broken into at a storage rental company on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News Police said. Police got a call at 7:32 am.

Tuesday that "multiple units had been broken into" at Extra Space Storage at 801 J. Clyde Morris Blvd, near Motel 6 and the ramps of Interstate 64. "Owners are currently in the process of notifying renters, and several items have been reported missing," police spokeswoman Kelly T. King wrote in a news release. Seventy-four units were broken into, she said, but items were not taken from all of them.

"Since renters are still being notified, we can't confirm exacdy what is missing at this time," King said, adding that the case is still being investigated. All the units that were broken into all had "standard padlocks," rather than a newer style "circular locks," King said. She said detectives recommend that renters explore the circular locks "as an alternative safety measure." Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. Crime Line callers can remain totally anonymous, don't have to court and could be eligible for a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest YORK Pair charged in pier shooting An 18-year-old Newport News man and a 14-year-old juvenile have been arrested and charged in a shooting on the Yorktown fish- murder in the case, and he plans to plead not guilty, according to his attorney, Gregory Matthews. Holmes was not facing a capital murder charge Phillips said only the person who pulled the trigger could be charged with a capital offense, and sheriff's investigators did not believe Holmes fired.

Investigators previously have said Holmes told them that he and Mitchell were walking down Ennisdale Drive on Sept. 23 and decided to do a "quick lick" and steal from the Starnes' house. Holmes told investigators he did not have a gun at the time and he "doesn't have the stomach to shoot anyone." Holmes is due back in court June 6. Reyes can be reached by phone at 757-247-4692. Schools in the county were closed due to poor road conditions.

Authorities throughout the region posted photos of washed-out roads and bridges, and they warned people to avoid unnecessary travel. One photo posted by the city of Charlottesville showed a playground partially submerged under floodwaters. Eggleston warned of the possibility of more flooding as soon as Thursday evening, when there was a chance of additional rain. "Everything is just bubbling," he said. "The streams are overflowing right now.

Everything's at full capacity, if not more. So any additional rain would just make them swell again." death lawsuit, opening the door for a default judgment, which means the court rules in favor of the plaintiff. The judgment amounts to a legal admission of liability, and Williams would forfeit the right to argue the case in court, said Brad Pollack, Cary Good's attorney. Unless he faces criminal charges, any role Williams may have played in the disappearance will never be argued in open court A Virginia State Police spokeswoman didn't return calls for comment on the status of the case on May 3, but Commonwealth's Attorney Marsha Garst said the case is still "an active investigation." She said VSP is the lead agency and that the special grand jury is still active, but would not comment further on the case. Good is frustrated that it hasn't moved forward.

"(Garst's) office has given up. That's the way I feel," he said. "They're doing nothing. They've took my daughter's life and what happened to her and put it up on the shelf." If Williams was involved, Cary Good said he can forgive him. "I'm not mad at Williams; not a bit.

They were kids. They screwed up," he said. "If he's got down on his knees and said, 'Lord, I've messed up; please forgive I'm obligated to forgive him." The next step in the lawsuit is a hearing on the amount of damages that would be awarded. Per Virginia law, any money would likely go to Rachel Good's children. Cary Good said he doesn't expect the family will receive anything and isn't interested in the money.

"I don't want nothing. I don't want a penny," he said. "I want my grandldds to know what happened to their mother. That's all I want." pursue a capital murder charge, which carries the possibility of the death penalty Phillips and Mitchell's attorney, capital defender Jennifer Stanton, made a deal for Mitchell to plead guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for Phillips dropping the capital charge. Phillips said she consulted Starnes family members, who said they would rather see Mitchell plead guilty and avoid a lengthy trial, as long as Phillips pursued a life sentence.

Members of the family have attended hearings throughout the prosecution, and Phillips said a assault pizza in Hampton both men approached him, began to assaulthim, and took money and food, police said. "Someone said, 'Hey that's our and I walked over, and as I was reading the receipt he hit me in the face, knocked me to the ground," driver Alex Carless told WVEC 13News on Tuesday. "He said, 'Give me your money or The robbers then fled on foot, police said. The driver, a York County resident, was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for wounds that were not life-threatening. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Hampton Police Division at 757-727-6111 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

Dujardin can be reached by phone at 757-247-4749. ing pier early Monday. At about 12:15 a.m., the victim a 29-year-old man visiting from Florida was shot at the pier, in the 400 block of Water Street, the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. The Sheriffs Office said John Arthur Walker IV, 18, of the 200 block of Misty Point in Newport News, was arrested "without incident" in Hampton on Thursday.

He was charged with aggravated malicious wounding, robbery and using a gun in a felony. A 14-year-old juvenile, also from Newport News, was arrested on the same charges a day earlier. The Sheriffs Office did not release the minor's identity or sex. The office said the incident began when the victim approached Walker and the juvenile and attempted to buy marijuana from them. HAMPTON Buckroe grocery store robbed Hampton Police are looking for a man wanted in an armed robbery that took place on Tuesday night in Buckroe Beach area Police got a call at 8:54 p.m.

about a robbery at the Little E's Grocery, at 313 Buckroe Ave. A man entered the business, displayed a gun and demanded money from the clerk, police said. The clerk handed over cash, and the robbery fled on foot from the business. He was last seen running through an alleyway behind the store towards East Pembroke Avenue. The robber is described as a white male, between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall, weighing approximately 160 pounds.

Staff reports ment saying the Williamsburg woman was "highly experienced," with more than 15,000 jumps. "The skydiver safely deployed their main parachute, but experienced a malfunction," Skydive Carolina officials told WBTV News. A county coroner told the news station that the accident appeared to be human error rather than equipment failure. The accident is under investigation by local and federal officials. Peter Dujardin Father of missing woman frustrated by case gone cold Ex-Elkton police officer a suspect, but has never been charged in 2003 disappearance to swim to a safe location, police said in a news release.

But witnesses saw a man and woman get swept away as they exited their Toyota Prius, Albemarle County Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston said at a news conference. "Ivy Creek is normally a very docile creek but with 8 to 10 inches of rain it turned into a swollen, raging river. And It just tossed and turned both of those vehicles," he said. Authorities also responded to at least 10 other water rescues and received reports of damage to homes, the extent of which wasn't immediately clear, Eggleston said. Volunteer Fire Department.

Her parents reported her missing the next day, and the then 22-year-old Williams handled the first four days of the investigation as Elkton Police Department's lead investigator. During that time, family members said, he entered Good's apartment and collected evidence. Good's parents soon found letters between Williams and Good that suggested a romantic relationship. At the time, then-Police Chief Richard Pullen said he had "no official knowledge" of a relationship between the two, which Cary Good has disputed. VSP took over the case 10 days after she disappeared.

Family members have said that Williams tried to get Good to terminate her pregnancy, and she threatened to tell his wife. Williams entered a letter of resignation to the Elkton department in November 2003, effective January 2004, shortly after state police searched his home and seven months before he was named a suspect in the disappearance. He was placed on administrative leave for the rest of his term in December 2003. After resigning, he moved out of state. Search for answers Williams, who now lives in Louisiana, has never been criminally charged in the case, but a special grand jury has convened off and on since 2004 to review evidence.

He has appeared for at least one of those hearings. "If it had not been for me hiring a lawyer and pushing this thing, we'd be back to the start," Cary Good said. Judge T.J. Wilson ruled early this month that Williams didn't meet the state-mandated deadline to respond to the wrongful By Nolan Stout The Daily News-Record HARRISONBURG Rachel Good's father just wants to bring her home. It's been 14 years and nearly seven months since Good vanished.

On Wednesday, a Rockingham County Circuit Court judge opened the door for the suspect in the case, former Elkton police officer Adam Williams, to be held liable for the 2003 disappearance of the 20-year-old pregnant mother of three from Elkton. But Cary Good isn't interested in civil or criminal resolutions to the disappearance. "All I want to know is where she's at," the 68-year-old said on May 3. "That's all I want so I can bring her home. "I'm tired.

It's been 15 years and my health ain't that good, and I want to know what happened to my daughter before I die." Williams is subject to a wrongful death lawsuit that seeks $50,000 in damages and claims he is responsible for Good's death. The lawsuit was filed about six months after Good's estate dropped its first wrongful death suit due to a battle with the Virginia State Police over evidence. Although Good's body has never been found, she was declared legally dead in 2010. "If you find out Adam Williams done it and you electrocute him, it ain't going to bring my daughter back," Cary Good said. "I just want the truth." Without a trace Good disappeared the night of Oct.

18, 2003, when she was last seen hanging out with friends in the parking lot of the Elkton Report: Williamsburg woman killed skydiving North Carolina television news outlets are reporting that a 68-year-old woman from Williamsburg was killed in a skydiving accident south of Charlotte on Thursday. The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. at an annual "Car-olinaFest" skydiving event in Chester County, according to WBTV News, a CBS-affiliate in Charlotte. The woman's name was not immediately released, pending notification of her family. Skydive Carolina, which runs the annual event, released a state.