Williamsburg mother loses faith in Hampton Roads because of crime
Nov 19, 2024
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Swagg is what loved ones called him.
Atlanta native Timothy Anderson II moved to Hampton Roads shortly after high school to help build the nation's warships. Years later, he would open a catering company named Sweet and Savory.
His short life, however, would end by gunfire on Christmas Eve 2022 on West Pembroke Avenue in Hampton.
"He was shot nine times; one of them went through his wallet," said Anderson's sister, Heavene Nolley. "He was left there alone."
Days later, other loved ones traveled from Georgia to reconstruct the crime.
"He went to District 41, and that was the last time he was seen there," Nolley said. "He got invited to a invite-only type of after-party, and the after-party just turned into something deadly."
Two years later, the sister who followed him to Hampton Roads is heartbroken about the loss of her brother and a loss of traction in a murder case turned cold. The mother of four is considering a return to Georgia.
"With no help from the enforcement, I just feel alone — sorry," Nolley said while tears fell from her face. "The police haven't been in good communication with us. The officer is no longer answering his phone calls."
Earlier this month, Nolley became a crime victim in Williamsburg.
"Someone just stole my car, and I just feel like me and my family, we have just been through a lot out here and with no help from the enforcement," Nolley said. "I just feel alone."
Nolley's purse and her son's orange and black football gear were inside the locked Black Durango when it was stolen from her home in Williamsburg. Nolley said surveillance cameras have spotted the stolen vehicle in the Old Fox Hill Road area of Hampton.
Nolley believes someone out there knows the person who killed her brother.
"I think that a lot of people are protecting each other," Nolley said, "and they don't want the truth to come out. But it shouldn't be any reason why me or my family don't have any type of answers."
Anyone who has information about who killed Anderson, or who stole his sister's 2018 Dodge Durango Nov. 14 in Williamsburg, call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.