05/25/2023
On May 24, 2023, the King William County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office held the Alta Danielle Bell Perseverance Award Ceremony. The Alta Danielle Bell Perseverance Award was created in 2019 in honor of Alta Danielle Bell, a native of the Town of West Point, and in recognition of the perseverance, resilience, and patience displayed by the Bell family leading up to and during the prosecution of the individual responsible for Alta's death in 2015.
During the ceremony, Tiffany M. Webb, interim Commonwealth's Attorney, presented three awards to selected recipients. The recipients were chosen based on their embodiment of perseverance, which is defined as "the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition".
The 2020 award recipient was Gina Hill, the 2021 award recipient was the family of Orlando Anderson, Jr., and the 2022 award recipient was the family of Graham K. McCormick.
Ceremony attendees included Ashton Sr. and Delilah Bell, the Honorable Matthew R. Kite, the Honorable Anthony G. "Tony" Spencer, Percy Ashcraft, representatives from the King William Sheriff's Office, the Virginia State Police, the Lancaster Sheriff's Office, and a host of other community members, family, and friends.