NEWPORT NEWS — Five members of the Black P. Stone Nation gang pled guilty to federal charges relating to the May 2023 abduction and murder of Tyosha Tanique Mitchell on Old Williamsburg Road in York County.
According to court documents, in the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, 25-year-old Hezekiah Carney of Norfolk, 25-year-old Jamica Langley of Richmond, 27-year-old Donnisha Goodman of Portsmouth, and 19-year-old Acacia Jackson of New York, traveled to the victim’s residence on Bethel Street in Richmond to conduct beat the victim for a gang infraction. The group left the apartment afterward.
Approximately an hour later, Goodman, Jackson, Carney, and Langley returned to the victim’s apartment, according to officials, this time with an additional co-conspirator and fellow gang member, 21-year-old Jayquan Jones of Richmond. Some of the group were armed and wearing masks, and the group attacked the victim again before taking her from her residence.
According to official accounts, the group then drove the victim in a Hyundai Sonata approximately an hour east of Richmond to a remote area off Old Williamsburg Road in York County, where they removed her from the car and executed her. The Medical Examiner found eight gunshot wounds to the head, abdomen, back, buttocks, and legs.
Upon returning to Portsmouth after the murder, Carney instructed Goodman, Jackson, and Langley on ways to evade law enforcement, including burning their clothing, and told them to stay together and not to speak with law enforcement, officials said.
The body of 25-year-old Mitchell was found on the side of the road in the early morning hours of May 6. Police were alerted by a jogger who spotted the body while passing by. At approximately 6:30 a.m., deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office found the victim’s body, along with numerous shell casings with an “S&B” headstamp. According to Sheriff Ron Montgomery, 14 shell casings were found nearby.
On May 7, 2023, the Norfolk Police Department located and stopped the Sonata. Jackson, Goodman, and Langley were in the vehicle at the time. Investigators recovered a 9mm cartridge from the vehicle with the same “S&B” headstamp from casings found at the scene of the murder.
It was announced that the federal government would be taking over and would be prosecuting the case last December.
Carney, Goodman, and Jones pled guilty to using a firearm causing death, officials said. Under the terms of their plea agreements, each faces a minimum of 35 years in prison and up to 45 years in prison. Carney and Jones are scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 9. Goodman is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 7.
Jackson and Langley pled guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and each faces up to life in prison. Jackson is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 31. Langley is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 7.
Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Brian Dugan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office; James VanVliet, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division; and Montgomery made the announcement.
The Richmond Area Violent Enterprise (RAVE) Task Force provided significant assistance in the case, officials said.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa McKeel and Mack Coleman and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Alyssa Levey-Weinstein are prosecuting the case with substantial assistance provided by the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
