Police Called Two Dozen Times to James’ Homes Over Criminal Incidents
New York Attorney General Letitia James — now facing federal bank fraud charges — is under renewed scrutiny after Norfolk Police Department records revealed that officers were dispatched more than two dozen times to two Virginia homes she owns, both now central to her indictment.
According to records reviewed by the New York Post, the first property — purchased by James in August 2020 for $137,000 — has seen 12 police calls in five years, with multiple visits in a single day for vandalism, domestic disputes, and “suspicious persons.”
Many of those incidents occurred after James’ grandniece, Nakia Thompson, 36, moved into the home with her children. Thompson, who once testified she lived rent-free, has an extensive criminal record in North Carolina and Virginia, including arrests for larceny, assaulting a government official, and possession of burglary tools. She is reportedly wanted in North Carolina for violating probation related to felony convictions — raising the question of whether James knowingly harbored a fugitive on her property.
Six of the twelve police calls came in early October 2025, just after federal prosecutors charged James with lying on mortgage documents to obtain favorable loan terms. Prosecutors allege that James falsely claimed the home as her primary residence, despite continuing to live and work in New York while allowing relatives to occupy the property.
Her second Virginia home, purchased in 2023 for $219,780, has also become a law enforcement hotspot. Records show 10 police visits to the Berkley-area address between April 2024 and April 2025. That property is occupied by another grandniece, 21-year-old Cayla Thompson-Hairston, and other relatives.
Thompson-Hairston’s background has only intensified the controversy. The young woman, who reportedly maintains an OnlyFans account, was arrested in 2024 for lying on a federal firearms form while attempting to buy a gun despite being legally barred from ownership due to a prior felony charge for malicious wounding. She was also convicted of grand larceny that same year after stealing $1,600 in merchandise from a Norfolk Walmart.
Both of James’ Virginia homes — one on Peronne Avenue and the other in Berkley — have generated police calls for domestic disputes, warrant service, and reported assaults. Police sources told the Post that officers have grown “familiar with both addresses due to repeat issues involving the same family.”
The 2020 home is directly linked to James’ ongoing federal bank fraud indictment, which alleges she misrepresented the property as her “principal residence” to qualify for a lower mortgage rate, while in reality using it as an investment property and letting family members live there rent-free. Federal investigators are now examining whether she made similar false claims on her 2023 loan application.
It’s an extraordinary fall from grace for the 65-year-old Democrat, who built her political brand on prosecuting financial crimes and targeting former President Donald J. Trump’s real estate dealings. Now, James herself is accused of committing the very offenses she once vowed to expose.
Adding to the spectacle, Nakia Thompson took to Facebook after her criminal record was made public, dismissing it as “old as hell” and “fabricated.” Weeks later, she was charged again — this time for using profane and threatening language over public airwaves after allegedly threatening to assault her child’s assistant principal.
Neighbors say the disturbances at James’ homes have become commonplace.
“Every few weeks you’d see flashing lights,” one resident told reporters. “We didn’t even know it was the attorney general’s family until recently.”
If convicted, James could face up to 60 years in federal prison — making her the first sitting New York attorney general in modern history to face such a sentence. Despite the mounting evidence, she continues to deny any wrongdoing.