NORFOLK, Virginia — The two houses at the center of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ legal trouble have been magnets for police activity since she bought them, with officers dispatched more than two dozen times since her family members moved in, The Post has learned.
James’ grandniece, Nakia Thompson, 36, moved into one of the homes with her three children soon after James closed on the property in August 2020, for which she paid $137,000. Since then, police have responded to the residence on 12 occasions, according to records. Several calls have involved multiple incidents in a single day, including warrant and subpoena service, vandalism, domestic disputes, and suspicious persons. Additional details about these calls were not immediately available.
James’ purchase of the two small houses in Norfolk, which she claims were for her family, has landed her in legal hot water. In October, she was indicted on federal bank fraud charges, alleging that she misrepresented the intended use of the 2020 property to obtain a more favorable loan interest rate. The second home, which she purchased in 2023, is subject to a criminal referral on similar allegations. Instead of occupying the residences herself — contrary to what loan paperwork bearing James’ signature indicated — both homes have housed troubled relatives with extensive criminal histories.
James denies any wrongdoing related to the bank fraud charges. If convicted, she faces up to 60 years in federal prison.
At the property James bought in 2020, police were called three times in the year of purchase, once each in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and six times in the first two weeks of October this year, following increased national scrutiny after James was charged. Thompson, who told a grand jury in June she was living rent-free in the three-bedroom, one-bath house, is currently wanted by authorities in Forsythe County, North Carolina, for failing to complete her probation, according to court documents.
Thompson’s criminal history is extensive. She previously faced charges of malicious conduct by a prisoner, a felony, as well as assault of a government official and resisting a public officer in North Carolina. In Virginia, she has been repeatedly arrested since moving to Norfolk, including charges of possessing burglary tools, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and grand larceny.
In 2020, Thompson pleaded guilty to petit and grand larceny charges — both felonies — tied to a 2019 arrest for stealing nearly $2,000 in merchandise from Mary’s and Dillard’s in Chesapeake, Virginia, where she lived before moving into James’ home. She was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $2,020 in fees.
Hours after The Post revealed her lengthy rap sheet last month, Thompson took to Facebook, dismissing her criminal history as “OLD AS HELL” and “fabricated.” Late last month, she was charged with profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways, a misdemeanor, after allegedly threatening to punch her child’s assistant principal and calling her a “bald-headed bitch.”
The second property owned by James has also seen repeated police intervention, with 10 visits by officers between April 2024 and April 2025. These incidents include warrant and subpoena service, domestic disputes, and a reported assault. One service call occurred in April 2025, and the remaining nine took place during a six-month period between April and October 2024.
Notably, Cayla Thompson was charged in April 2024 with lying about her felony record when attempting to purchase a firearm in Suffolk, Virginia. Cayla was legally disqualified from owning a gun due to an August 2020 felony charge of malicious wounding, which, under Virginia law, involves intentionally causing serious bodily harm. She was a juvenile at the time, and those records are sealed.
Cayla’s criminal history also includes a 2019 shoplifting incident in Chesapeake alongside her sister Nakia. In 2024, she was arrested for grand larceny after allegedly stealing over $1,600 in merchandise from a Walmart in Norfolk. She pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petit larceny and received a suspended 12-month prison sentence.
These ongoing legal and criminal issues surrounding James’ Norfolk properties continue to draw public scrutiny, raising questions about the Attorney General’s conduct and the troubled family members living at the heart of the controversy.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/us-news/cops-called-to-letitia-james-virginia-homes-two-dozen-times-since-she-bought-them/
