A Portsmouth woman was sentenced to three years incarceration Monday in connection with the shooting of a Hayes resident in February. The victim survived with non-life-threatening wounds.
As part of a plea agreement, Monique Sashelle Boyette, 34, of Portsmouth pleaded guilty Monday to malicious wounding and using a firearm to commit a felony. Her pleas were accepted by Judge Jeffrey W. Shaw in Gloucester Circuit Court. 
According to the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of three females fighting in the yard of a residence in the 4000 block of Piney Swamp Road at about 2:10 a.m. on Feb. 17. 
The GSO dispatcher who took the call heard gunshots during the conversation alerting the GSO to the fight, according to Gloucester Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Laura Looney.
When officers arrived, they found one woman, a 28-year-old Piney Swamp Road resident, had been shot in the arm. The victim was transported to Riverside Walter Reed Hospital fo...