Editor’s Note: The headline for this article has been updated to specify the crimes for which the defendant was convicted.
MATHEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A man arrested last year in Mathews County was found guilty on four counts.
Court records show Randal Diggs was found guilty on May 28, 2025 to one count making a false report of a crime to police and three counts of using profane language over public airways.
On August 29, 2024, the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Diggs after they said he made multiple phone calls to the Sheriff’s Office 911 Center between July and August that, “targeted and made multiple threats towards a specific population in our community based solely on their race over a recorded phone line. At the time of his arrest, evidence was collected from Diggs’ vehicle to substantiate some of these threats.” The post from the sheriff’s office went on to say, “Diggs has been charged with a felony for giving a false report to law enforcement officials on individuals solely because of their race, and three misdemeanor counts of threaten an illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass a person over the telephone in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Diggs was taken to the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center after his arrest, where he was initially held without bond.
