A Norfolk man, who admitted to leading a 2023 crime spree across the Eastern Shore, and who was convicted but denied attempting to murder Exmore Police Chief Angelo DiMartino and abducting a Kiptopeke Royal Farms worker, was sentenced Tuesday in Northampton Circuit Court to 18.5 years of active time in prison
Judge Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. sentenced 33-year-old Brandon Theophilus Gibson, of Lens Avenue, to 20 years with 10 years suspended for aggravated attempted murder of DiMartino, five years with all but six months suspended for assault and battery of another officer, five years or the mandatory term for possession of a firearm by a violent felon, and three years or the obligatory sentence for use of a gun in a felony.
The defendant was given suspended terms for three counts of robbery, disarming an officer, felony eluding, felony obstruction of justice, and reckless driving by speed of more than 85 mph…