Norfolk man who beat & sodomized mother sentenced to life+
A Norfolk man has been sentenced to life plus 33 years for violent crimes in early 2023, including sodomizing his biological and attacking a man he tried to carjack afterward.
received the sentence following a combination of jury convictions and a plea agreement finalized earlier this year.
The Incident
According to details that emerged from the case, on the morning of January 7, 2023, Melvin O’Neal III, now 32, was visiting his mother at her Wake Circle apartment.
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He went to the bathroom under the guise of taking a shower, turned on the water, and then called to his mother to come check something.
When she came in, he launched a violent attack. He began beating her over her head and knocked her to the ground. He drag...
