Omar Martinez plead guilty to reckless endangerment and terrorizing charges following an incident in May of 2023 in which he shot a gun at an occupied car. His stepson was inside the car at the time.
“What doesn’t work is when we don’t utilize the criminal justice system in the way that it’s intended and should be utilized, and we just expect programs like ours to solve the problem.”
Eyre received the award at the annual Rise and Shine for Peace Breakfast, which drew an audience of 700 and raised funds for interpersonal violence prevention, education and intervention programs.
Chesterfield residents and the electorate have been considering the new voter picture ID laws which some critics fear may be discriminatory and may reduce voter numbers.