CHARLES CITY – For the second time, Hopewell City Councilor Dominic Holloway’s criminal trial in Charles City County has been delayed.
Holloway’s trial was scheduled for December, but was delayed when a witness for the prosecution and a witness for the defense were unable to attend . The story would be the same on Thursday morning, except this time five people were missing.
Holloway himself was one of the five missing. His defense attorney, Ivan Fehrenbach, presented Circuit Court Judge Michael McGinty documents he received the night before confirming Holloway’s son had been diagnosed with whooping cough. The court was uncertain if Holloway himself had been exposed or if the two lived together but, after a short recess, McGinty said he was concerned the “highly contagious” disease would spread. Fehrenbach noted the Centers for Disease Control was allegedly involved in the case…