One Arrested/ Searching For Another in Home Invasion On Marsh Market Road

Master Caine Wesley, Jr.

ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) - Deputies have arrested one person and are searching for another after a home invasion where one of the suspects was killed.

On Aug. 28, deputies in Accomack County responded to a report of shots fired at a home on Marsh Market Road near Sanford. While en route, deputies received a second call about two gunshot victims at a convenient store. One of the victims died.

Leon O'Bryan Crippen

Lt. Gerald Goga with the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office said further investigation revealed four suspects entered the home on Marsh Market Road and gunshots were fired during a robbery attempt by an occupant of the home. Two of the suspects were struck.

The deceased suspect was identified as 23-year-old Master Caine Wesley, Jr. of Nelsonia.

Warrants were issued for 26-year-old Lamesha Cropper of Salisbury, Md. and 22-year-old Leon O’Bryan Crippen of Temperanceville for robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a robbery and armed burglary.

Goga said Cropper was arrested Wednesday by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office and is being held pending an extradition hearing. Crippen remains on at large.

Anyone with information ask to call the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office at 757-787-1131 or 757-824-5666.

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