Suffolk man indicted in January restaurant shooting

Published 6:25 pm Friday, August 25, 2023

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A Suffolk man faces 11 felony indictments in connection with a January shooting at the High Tide Restaurant.

The Suffolk Circuit Court grand jury handed down the indictments Wednesday, Aug. 23 against Ezaviya Jordan, 18, of Suffolk, who has remained at Western Tidewater Regional Jail since his arrest Jan. 17.

The shooting that injured three at the High Tide Restaurant, 130 Commerce St. in downtown Suffolk, occurred around 1 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14. 

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Police responded to the location after hearing multiple gunshots coming from the area.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found two adult victims suffering from gunshot wounds with non-life-threatening injuries. During the investigation, officers were notified a third victim self-transported to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening injury

The indictments handed down against Jordan include aggravated malicious wounding (three counts) and conspiracy to shoot from a vehicle; direct capias indictments for use of a firearm in commission of a felony (two counts), malicious shooting/throwing at an occupied building, shooting in a public place with injury, gang participation with a juvenile, conspiring to commit aggravated malicious wounding, attempted aggravated murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated murder.

Three others also have been charged along with Jordon in the High Tide Restaurant shooting. Police charged Elijawayn Anthony, 19, of Suffolk, with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a concealed weapon charge. Two juveniles also were arrested in connection with the incident.

On Wednesday, the grand jury handed down a total of 166 indictments with 163 of them against 52 individuals, with three additional sealed indictments. 

Other indictments from the August grand jury session are:

Latrawn Monique Armstrong —Distributing schedule I/II drugs and conspiracy to distribute schedule I/II drugs, both direct capias felony indictments

Dwayne Lashawn Arnold — Assault and battery on a law enforcement/Department of Corrections officer

Christopher Alvin Artis — Aggravated malicious wounding, malicious shooting into an occupied building and violent felon possessing/transporting a weapon

Alphonsa Ellis Bailey — False statement on a criminal history consent and non-violent felon possessing a gun in greater than 10 years

Melvin Fleming Beale — Distributing schedule I/II drugs, firearm possession while distributing drugs and possession of a sawed-off gun. Additional direct capias felony indictments on charges of distributing/selling for profit schedule I/II drugs, possession of a gun while selling schedule I/II drugs (three counts) and distributing schedule I/II drugs (four counts)

Ricardo George Besheppard II — Forgery, uttering and obtaining money under false pretenses greater or equal to $1,000

Adrian Denon Blake — Possession of schedule I or II drugs and possession of a gun with schedule I/II drugs, both direct capias felony indictments

James Lee Bremby Jr. — Distributing schedule I/II drugs, direct capias felony indictment

Reginald Brown — Not returning property-bailee greater or equal to $1,000

Taylor Omar Brown — Destruction of property greater than $1,000

Trashion Shacore Brown — Strangulation resulting in wounding/injury

Quante Anthony Carr — Violent offender failing to register-second offense (two counts)

Amber Dawn Costello — Delivering drugs/synthetic drugs to a prisoner, possession of burglary tools, conspiracy to commit statutory burglary (direct capias indictment) and attempted statutory burglary (direct capias indictment)

Sabina Marie Dolce — Forgery, uttering and attempting to obtain a signature under false pretense

Eric Matthew Finsley — Falsifying firearm purchase form

Michael Shawn Frink Jr. — Embezzlement greater than or equal to $1,000 (two counts)

Riana Monaye Gatling — Embezzlement greater than or equal to $1,000 and larceny with intent to sell greater than or equal to $1,000

Philip Andrew Harden — Direct capias indictments for distributing schedule I/II drugs (three counts) 

Ethan Norm Harmon — Use of a firearm in a robbery (three counts), conspiracy to commit robbery (three counts) and use of a firearm in commission of a felony first offense (three counts)

Jason Maurice Harrell — Larceny of a firearm

Quashawn Damon House — Direct capias indictments for distributing schedule I/II drugs (four counts), possession of a gun while selling schedule I/II drugs and violent felon possession/transporting a weapon

Daquan Elontae Johnson — Assault and battery of a law enforcement officer

Dustin Raqon Joyner — Possessing a firearm with schedule I/II drugs and possession of schedule I or II drugs

Kelly Ann Kidd — Direct capias indictment for child cruelty (two counts)

Delbert Javon King — Obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, and direct capias indictments for prohibited gang participation and assault and battery

Samiayah Lassiter — Failure to return bailed property greater or equal to $1,000

Damion Lesain — Conspiracy to commit statutory burglary and conspiracy to commit larceny

Cole Brayden Minton — Extortion in writing, robbery using a firearm (four counts), use of a firearm in commission of a felony first offense (four counts) and conspiracy to commit robbery

Parker Kenneth Minton — Robbery using a firearm (three counts), conspiracy to commit robbery (three counts) and use of a firearm in commission of a felony first offense (three counts)

Ronald Carey Pierce — Violent felony possessing/transporting a weapon and marking a false statement on a criminal history consent

Charlie Pope — Possession of schedule I or II drugs

Jeremy Charles Pritchett — Falsifying firearm purchase form and nonviolent felon possession a firearm greater than 10 years

Marcellus Eugene Rhodes — Robbery using force, strangulation resulting in wounding/injury, violent felon possession/transporting a weapon and direct capias misdemeanor assault and battery on a family member

Karlus Robinson — Selling stolen property greater than $1,000, grand larceny auto theft, obtaining a signature by false pretense, forgery and uttering

Matthew Russell — Aggravated sexual battery-incapacity and rape by force/threat, both direct capias indictments

Keith Keshaun Sessoms — Grand larceny greater than or equal to $1,000 (two counts), conspiracy to commit larceny, and direct misdemeanor capias indictments for petit larceny (two counts), obtaining money under false pretenses and concealment less than $1,000

Marc Daniel Silvers — Direct capias indictment for distribution of schedule I/II drugs

Jamaal Nathaniel Skeeter — Elude/disregard police and felon possessing a weapon/ammo (not gun)

Austin Garrett Smith — Possessing schedule I or II drugs, assault and battery on a law enforcement officer and grand larceny auto theft

Rejeana Steward — Destruction of property greater than $1,000

Andrea Yuvette Sydnor — Non-violent felon possessing a gun within 10 years, attempted malicious wounding and use of a firearm in a felony first offense

Calvin Emanuel Thompson — Statutory burglary True Bill Felony

Tishene Joshwan Thompson — Non-violent felon possessing a gun within 10 years and possession with intent to distribute marijuana greater than one ounce to five pounds

Craig Townsend — Driving while intoxicated third offense, forging public records, uttering forged public records and identify theft second offense

Willie Warren — Bomb/burn threat-accused greater than or equal to 15 years old (three counts) and unlawful wounding

Willie Max Warren — Aggravated malicious wounding, direct capias indictment

Corinthian Fre’joseph Wiggins — Direct capias misdemeanor indictments for possession with intent to distribute marijuana less than 10 ounces and conspiracy to distribute marijuana less than 10 ounces

Jonathan Bradley Willard — Direct capias indictments for aggravated sexual battery of a victim younger than 13 years old (two counts) and sexual penetration with an object of a victim younger than 13 years old (two counts)

Angel K Williams — Assault and battery of a law enforcement officer

Traytum Xavier Williams — Violent felon possessing/transporting a weapon, felony possessing a weapon/ammo (not gun) and assault and battery of a law enforcement/Department of Corrections officer

Justin Yearwood — Assault and battery of a law enforcement officer (two counts)

Additionally, the grand jury handed down three sealed drug-related indictments that do not identify those facing they charges.