Monday ~ Northampton Circuit Court

Northampton Circuit Court
Monday,  September 16, 2013

Latoya Burton was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses and making false statements for Medicaid funds Kevin Nunnaly from the state attorney generals office was in court today to prosecute this case. With more than $10,000 involved the local commonwealth attorney Bruce Jones yielded this case to the states attorneys office. With a guilty plea the case was continued for a pre-sentencing report.

Keyon Berryhill was charged with malicious wounding and wounding by a mob. This is one of the defendants involved in the Exmore Sage restaurant mob beating. Mr. Berryhill is the defendant who struck Mr. Pruitt with a chair at the time of the mob incident. With the defendants guilty plea Judge Revell Lewis III sentenced Mr. Berryhill to five years with all but 7 months suspended with a work release if he meets the requirements of the sheriffs department.


Brandon Tankard was charged with two counts of forging checks; 2 counts of uttering checks and one count of petty larceny. As a first time felon and a guilty plea Mr. Tankard was allowed to stay out on bond for a pre-sentencing report. 

Princeton Bragg was charged with possession of a gun by a felon. This case came about at the Corner Market in Cape Charles when a Northampton deputy was about to serve him with papers from another case. When the deputy was approaching the auto on the passenger side Mr. Bragg tried to hide the gun under the seat. With a guilty plea, the case was continued for a pre-sentence report.

Maurice White was charged with possession of cocaine and reckless driving. This case was to have been a bench trial but with Northampton County commonwealth attorney Bruce Jones admitting there was a problem in the chain of evidence a plea agreement was reached. The agreement was 6 months with all but time served and his operators license suspended for 6 months with a work provision and a $780 fine.

Erica Ellerbe, Brandon Rasmuseen, and Karen Duncan were all charged with breaking and entering; two counts of grand larceny and two counts of stealing property with intent to sell. With a guilty plea from these three of five defendants charged in this break in of Ms. Ellerbe grandparents home and the taking of more than $10,000 dollars worth of the grandmother jewelry Judge Lewis allowed all three of these defendants to stay out on bond continuing the case for a pre-sentencing report. Three thousand dollars of restitution has been made by Ms. Ellerbe and Mr. Rasmussen who live together and have a young child.