These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.
By Shaniqua Anderson and Bianca Moorman
Prince Darius Aaron Daniels didn’t appear in court today, because his defense attorney Sarah Trimmers mixed up his court dates.
“It is very unusual for a defendant and a lawyer not to show up in court,” Judge Charles Dorsey said.
He is charged with a class 6 felony of possession of a firearm at school. Prince had been threatening a boy at William Fleming High School on Jan. 8. The alleged victim told his mother, and she contacted J.H. Bowdel, William Fleming’s resource officer, to file a complaint.
Bowdel was going to search his car, but before he could do that, Prince admitted he had a gun in his car and told him where it was. The officer found a gun and marijuana, which resulted in another charge, a misdemeanor.
Although this is his first offense, according to the plead agreement, Daniels would plead guilty.
Daniels’ rescheduled court date is on June 28 at 3 p.m.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Court article: Anderson and Liu
These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.
By AmberLynn Anderson and Victoria Liu
A 19-year-old who is suspected of bringing a firearm to William Fleming High School and his attorney did not show for a Roanoke Circuit Court plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, then a senior at the school, told a resource officer on Jan. 8 that he had brought a gun to the school, said assistant commonwealth’s attorney James Patterson.
Daniels and his publicly appointed attorney, Sarah Timmers, did not show to court on Wednesday. But Judge Charles Dorsey did not issue an arrest warrant for Daniels after the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office informed him that Timmers had incorrect information on the hearing date.
On Jan. 8, Resource Officer Bowdel received a complaint from a parent, Melissa Mines, that her son was being threatened by another student, Patterson said. Police traced the description of the student’s vehicle to a parking permit belonging to Daniels, then a senior.
Before the car was searched, Daniels confessed to possessing a gun. Brittlebaugh, a hall principal, found a small blue Louis Vuitton bag behind the seat of his car with a 6-cylinder gun and a small amount of cannabis, according to a police warrant.
The defendant faces two to five years in jail or probation with no incarceration, Patterson said. The misdemeanor for drug possession may have been dropped if the defendant attended court, Patterson said.
Dorsey explained Wednesday that he may not preside if Daniels decides to enter a not-guilty plea because Patterson gave a summary of the facts in the case in Daniels’ absence.
The hearing was rescheduled for June 28.
By AmberLynn Anderson and Victoria Liu
A 19-year-old who is suspected of bringing a firearm to William Fleming High School and his attorney did not show for a Roanoke Circuit Court plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, then a senior at the school, told a resource officer on Jan. 8 that he had brought a gun to the school, said assistant commonwealth’s attorney James Patterson.
Daniels and his publicly appointed attorney, Sarah Timmers, did not show to court on Wednesday. But Judge Charles Dorsey did not issue an arrest warrant for Daniels after the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office informed him that Timmers had incorrect information on the hearing date.
On Jan. 8, Resource Officer Bowdel received a complaint from a parent, Melissa Mines, that her son was being threatened by another student, Patterson said. Police traced the description of the student’s vehicle to a parking permit belonging to Daniels, then a senior.
Before the car was searched, Daniels confessed to possessing a gun. Brittlebaugh, a hall principal, found a small blue Louis Vuitton bag behind the seat of his car with a 6-cylinder gun and a small amount of cannabis, according to a police warrant.
The defendant faces two to five years in jail or probation with no incarceration, Patterson said. The misdemeanor for drug possession may have been dropped if the defendant attended court, Patterson said.
Dorsey explained Wednesday that he may not preside if Daniels decides to enter a not-guilty plea because Patterson gave a summary of the facts in the case in Daniels’ absence.
The hearing was rescheduled for June 28.
Court article: Smith
These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.
By Darius Smith
A student who brought a firearm to William Fleming High School in January did not show for a plea hearing in Roanoke Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, 19, was arrested on Jan. 8 after a woman, Melissa Mines, complained to Student Resource Officer J.H. Bowdel about a threat to her son.
Mines did not initially know who was threatening her son, according to a warrant filed in the court. Mines did know the suspect was driving a 1995 Buick Skylark, the search warrant said. It is unclear how Daniels was identified.
Daniels told an assistant principal, William Birdlebough, that he had a six-cylinder pistol found in a Louis Vuitton handbag, said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jack Patterson on Wednesday. Daniels was then arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property.
A grand jury indicted Daniels on these charges, court documents said. The defense and the prosecution reached a guilty plea agreement in exchange for either a fine or a lowered jail time, court documents said.
Daniels and his attorney Sarah Timmers, a public defender, were absent. Two officials from the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office told Judge Charles N. Dorsey.
The hearing was rescheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, June 28.
By Darius Smith
A student who brought a firearm to William Fleming High School in January did not show for a plea hearing in Roanoke Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, 19, was arrested on Jan. 8 after a woman, Melissa Mines, complained to Student Resource Officer J.H. Bowdel about a threat to her son.
Mines did not initially know who was threatening her son, according to a warrant filed in the court. Mines did know the suspect was driving a 1995 Buick Skylark, the search warrant said. It is unclear how Daniels was identified.
Daniels told an assistant principal, William Birdlebough, that he had a six-cylinder pistol found in a Louis Vuitton handbag, said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jack Patterson on Wednesday. Daniels was then arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property.
A grand jury indicted Daniels on these charges, court documents said. The defense and the prosecution reached a guilty plea agreement in exchange for either a fine or a lowered jail time, court documents said.
Daniels and his attorney Sarah Timmers, a public defender, were absent. Two officials from the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office told Judge Charles N. Dorsey.
The hearing was rescheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, June 28.
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