As the court attempts to catch up from a delay in numerous cases as a result of the pandemic, a judge was given updates Friday (April 23, 2021) from defense attorneys and prosecutors for five charged with murder in different incidents:

Warren John Nostrom –  The 75-year-old Nostrom is charged with double first-degree murder. Authorities say he is accused of fatally shooting 58-year-old Joy Nostrom and 54-year-old Mark Gunter in the parking lot of the school bus garage on Genesis Road back in September 2018. Warren Nostrom then reportedly tried to shoot himself in the head but survived. In court Friday, a return date of May 7, 2021 was set.

John Patrick Fields – Fields, age 46, of Pikeville, faces charges of aggravated assault and two counts each of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree murder. The deadly encounter took place in March of 2019 where Fields allegedly killed Makayla Laray Manning and 47-year-old Lowell “Chip” Thomas Simmons, II and caused serious injuries to two others. In court Friday, the judge set the next court date for Fields for May 7, 2021.

John Michael Poss – Poss, age 33, is charged with the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Austin Shane Lewis at a home on Neverfail Road in September 2020. In court Friday, the next court date of May 7, 2021 was set.

Diana Lynn Grosso – The 60-year-old Grosso faces second-degree murder. She allegedly provided a substance containing fentanyl to 58-year-old Julia Meade of Crossville in July 2018. The victim later passed away reportedly from toxic levels of the drug. Grosso will appear again in criminal court July 16, 2021.

Jude Rod Pennington – Pennington, age 42, was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury for first-degree murder. The charge is based on a November 2019 incident where 39-year-old Travis Allon Sinard of Crossville was fatally shot after a domestic altercation on Colby Circle in the Rinnie area. First responders found Pennington wounded in a pickup truck after he fled the scene closed to the area of Highway 127 North. He sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and leg. Sinard was located in the front yard of the home on Colby Circle. He reportedly suffered from a wound to the head and hand. Both were flown to an area hospital for treatment. Sinard passed away and Pennington recovered. In court Friday, a return date of July 16, 2021 was set by the judge.