Joseph Gatlin Peltz, 31, of Glen Allen, was arrested on July 21 by the Fayette County Sheriff’s office and charged with second degree aggravated assault and attempted murder.
A Fayette County Circuit Court jury returned guilty verdicts in an attempted murder trial last week, announced 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin. Jerry Martin Honeycutt, 79, of Bankston, was found guilty of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree burglary and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
A Fayette County woman is facing charges of first-degree assault and attempted murder in relation to an incident that was reported Friday, Nov. 13. Mary Jennifer Edwards is accused of stabbing another woman while at a location on Fayette County Road 49. The victim was hospitalized with multiple injuries from being struck in the head with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument on Nov. 12.
