Friday, October 30, 2009

Norfolk, VA: Norfolk man will serve 2 years in prison for girlfriend's death

BY MIKE HOLTZCLAW

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11:50 AM EDT, October 30, 2009

NORFOLK


A Norfolk man will serve two years in prison, with another eight years suspended, after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his girlfriend earlier this year.

Terrance Wright, who turned 25 this week, was sentenced today in Norfolk Circuit Court. He had entered the guilty plea in July.

He was charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Latonya Dickens, in her Norfolk apartment on March 8.

Amanda Howie, spokeswoman for the commonwealth's attorney, said prosecutors had the support of Dickens' mother in agreeing to the plea deal offered to Wright.

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