PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A Staff Sergeant with Western Tidewater Regional Jail (WTRJ) has been charged in connection with breaking into an apartment while armed, according to court documents.

Court documents reveal that on May 19, 2024, 27-year-old Jamaica Perry, along with Jaquay Collins, broke into an apartment around 11 p.m. Perry was armed with a knife and pepper spray, and Collins was armed with a gun in her pocket, according to the document.

According to the victim, who was hiding in a closet with her children, Perry and Collins began yelling for her to come out and see them, saying “b—- come out.” The victim then grabbed her personally owned firearm and approached Perry and Collins.

Perry and Collins both fled the apartment after seeing the firearm pointed at the both of them.

The apartments front door was found to be severely damaged and unable to be secured.

According to the documents, Perry, who has been an employee at WTRJ since Sept. 27, 2021, was the victim’s child’s father’s ex-girlfriend.

The victim told officials that she had been receiving threatening texts and phone calls from both Perry and Collins in the days leading up to the break-in.

Perry was charged on May with breaking and entering while armed with intent to commit assault and battery.

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