by Jackie Nunnery
HEATHSVILLE—Following a day-and-a-half of testimony and legal arguments, a Northumberland County Circuit Court jury on Thursday, October 16, found Edward Logan Fisher of Heathsville guilty of a felony for object sexual penetration. Sentencing is scheduled for January 8.
Fisher also was charged with attempted rape, but that was dismissed by Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. before the case went to the jury.
Loryn Christophers, who filed the complaint against Fisher with the Virginia State Police (VSP), testified she and Fisher had known each other since attending middle school and high school together in Northumberland, but were not close friends though occasionally worked together since she was a paramedic and he was a deputy. In April 2020, Fisher, a deputy for the Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office at the time, showed up at her Reedville home unannounced with boxes for her move into a home she was renting from Fisher’s grandmother.
She could not recall any lead up to the attack, but stated that Fisher started to kiss and bite on her neck as well as put his hands up her shirt, while the other hand was around her lower back. At some point in the struggle, in which she repeatedly said no, Fisher forced his hand….
