Officers and the community gathered at Calvary Chapel to remember the officers killed in the line of duty. The most recent loss was Officer Katie Thyne in 2020.
Raegan Thyne, daughter of fallen Newport News officer Katie Thyne, got a special send-off from the Poquoson Police Department for her first day of Kindergarten.
Green was sentenced to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder and 10 years in prison for hit and run after he was convicted in the death of Officer Thyne.
The man arrested for a January 2020 traffic stop that killed Newport News Officer Katie Thyne filed post-trial motions to represent himself in future proceedings.
Vernon E. Green II testified in court Thursday, acknowledging he fled from Newport News police officers because he had a handgun on the car’s floorboard and knew his prior criminal convictions barred him from having said firearm.