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Family of Irvo Otieno held a press conference Monday after the Dinwiddie prosecutor dropped charges against five Henrico sheriff’s deputies.

Dinwiddie’s new commonwealth’s attorney has said she’s moving to drop murder charges against five defendants accused of killing Irvo Otieno in 2023.

Dinwiddie’s new commonwealth’s attorney has said she’s moving to drop murder charges against five defendants accused of killing Irvo Otieno in 2023.

Six months after Amanda Nicole Mann takes her oath of office, the first of the Irvo Otieno murder trials is scheduled to begin

There still are some preliminary hearings to get through, but the first of the trials for seven deputies and one hospital worker will begin next June

Trial dates have been set for eight deputies and hospital workers accused of murder in the March 6 death of Irvo Otieno.

"The family is pleased that they were able to find a resolution outside of court in a manner that honors Irvos life,” said civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who represents the family.

CENTRAL STATE

Specially elected Dinwiddie Commonwealth Attorney Jonathan Bourlier said Tuesday that his top priority was familiarizing himself with the case’s evidence.

Jonathan Bourlier, the Dinwiddie County commonwealth’s attorney, on Tuesday withdrew a motion to join the defendants’ cases. That motion had been made by former Commonwealth Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill, who left the office on June 20.