The two Virginia homes owned by New York Attorney General Letitia James, both now at the center of her federal bank fraud indictment, have drawn repeated police visits — more than two dozen calls in five years — since being occupied by family members with long criminal histories, according to Norfolk Police Department records reviewed by the New York Post.
Police were called 12 times to the first home James purchased in August 2020 for $137,000, often multiple times on the same day, for incidents described as vandalism, domestic disputes, and suspicious persons. Many of the calls came after James’ grandniece Nakia Thompson, 36, moved into the property with her three children.
Thompson, who once told a grand jury she was living rent-free, has a criminal record spanning North Carolina and Virginia, including arrests for larceny, assault on a government official, possession of burglary tools, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She is also wanted in Forsyth County, NC, for violating probation linked to felony convictions. Thus, James may be guilty of harboring a fugitive of the law.
Police records show that six of the 12 calls to the Peronne Avenue property came within the first two weeks of October 2025, just after James was charged in a sweeping federal bank fraud case alleging that she lied on mortgage documents to obtain favorable loan terms. Prosecutors say James falsely claimed that she would occupy the home herself, despite working in New York and allowing relatives to live there instead.
The second Norfolk property, purchased in 2023 with a $219,780 mortgage, has also become a magnet for police calls. That home, occupied by another grandniece, 21-year-old Cayla Thompson-Hairston, and two other relatives, was the site of 10 police visits between April 2024 and April 2025.
Thompson-Hairston, who promotes herself on OnlyFans, was arrested in 2024 for lying on a federal firearms form when attempting to buy a gun despite being legally barred from ownership due to a prior felony malicious wounding charge. She was previously arrested alongside her sister Nakia in a 2019 shoplifting case and convicted again in 2024 for grand larceny after stealing $1,600 worth of merchandise from a Norfolk Walmart.
Court records show Thompson-Hairston pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petit larceny and received a suspended 12-month sentence.
Both homes — one on Peronne Avenue and the other in the Berkley section of Norfolk — have drawn calls for warrant service, subpoenas, domestic disturbances, and reported assaults. Police sources told the Post that officers have become familiar with both addresses due to “repeat issues involving the same family.”
James’ 2020 property is directly tied to her ongoing indictment, which alleges that she misrepresented the home as her “principal residence” to qualify for a homeowner mortgage rate while using it as an investment and allowing relatives to live there rent-free. Federal investigators are also reviewing whether similar misrepresentations were made on her 2023 loan application.
The 65-year-old Democrat, who built her career on prosecuting financial crimes and investigating former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire, is now accused of committing the same kind of fraud she once promised to stop.
Thompson’s social media posts have only fueled controversy. Hours after her criminal record was revealed, she lashed out on Facebook, dismissing her rap sheet as “old as hell” and “fabricated.” Weeks later, she was charged again with using “profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways” after allegedly threatening to punch her child’s assistant principal, calling her a “bald-headed” expletive.
As James awaits trial, her properties remain under scrutiny by both federal prosecutors and local law enforcement. Neighbors told reporters that frequent police visits have become routine.
“Every few weeks you’d see flashing lights,” one resident said. “We didn’t even know it was the attorney general’s family until recently.”
If convicted, James would be the first sitting New York attorney general in modern history to face a federal prison sentence — a dramatic fall for the prosecutor who once vowed to hold others accountable for “abuse of public trust.”
James, who has denied wrongdoing, potentially faces up to 60 years in prison.