The two men accused of the crime, 27-year-old Tyrone Anthony, appeared in court virtually with a public defender on Tuesday, and 26-year-old Kelvin Waye waived his preliminary hearing.

More than two dozen residents rallied outside the Essex Town Hall on Thursday, and later spoke at the town's Development Review Board meeting.

After struggling at juco and working at Amazon, the ECU corner changed it all at a tryout camp on one hour's sleep.