NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Chadrick Lard, 24, of Newport News was sentenced today to 25 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a 2010 Newport News robbery that ended with a murder.
Lard pleaded guilty on Dec. 30, 2015. According to court documents, Lard was an associate of the Black P-Stones gang in Newport News. As part of a gang initiation, Lard and three others went to a home in Newport News intending to rob its occupant of drugs and money. During the course of the robbery, one of Lard’s associates forced the occupant of the home to the ground and shot him in the head, killing him. Following the murder, Lard and his associates fled the scene and divided the proceeds of the robbery. The leader of the Black P-Stones, Michael Hopson, was convicted of racketeering charges including two murders and four attempted murders, on Dec. 5, 2016. Hopson is scheduled to be sentenced on March 10.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Martin Culbreth, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric M. Hurt and Trial Attorney Marianne Shelvey of the Organized Crime and Gang Section are prosecuting the case.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 4:13-cr-96.