Five children sentenced in vandalism of Norfolk church

Nov. 05–NORFOLK — Five children stared up at Judge William P. Williams on Thursday in a silent courtroom, waiting for their punishment. None was older than 10.

Williams sentenced the children, ages 9 and 10 at the time of the vandalism, to supervised probation and fined each $300. The juvenile and domestic relations court judge scolded the defendants, parents and family members for lacking remorse and a sense of “common decency.”