News Briefs From Across The State
No motive in alleged attack
Authorities in Long Beach are still trying to determine what made a 22-year old man attack his mother with an iron while she was sleeping on the couch. Brett Huntley Keel was arrested on Oct. 11 and charged with aggravated domestic assault. His bond was set at $75,000.
Keel’s mother told police she was asleep on the couch when Keel allegedly hit her in the head and face with the iron. The woman said she ran from the residence and hid in her car and called a friend who then notified police.
When police arrived, the woman was in her vehicle and Keel was arrested.
The woman was treated for her injuries at a local hospital and released.
A public defender has not been assigned to represent Keel, who is being held at the Harrison County jail.
Man dies after hit and run accident
Authorities said a Southaven man died Tuesday night after being hit by a car, that fled the scene, early Saturday morning. Gregory Scott, 35, was walking with friends on University Blvd. and Fourth avenue about 1:30 a.m., when he was hit by the vehicle.
Police said the driver fled the scene, but investigators found a side view mirror at the crime scene and were able to determing it came from a 2005/2006 Nissan Altima.
When investigators searched the area, they found a Nissan Altima partially hidden in a driveway on Forest Lake. Authorities said another car was parked behind the damaged vehicle and a trash can had been pulled up to obscure the missing mirror and the cracked windshield, WCBI reported.
The owner of the vehicle, Michael Kaholokula, 23, was reportedly standing in the driveway and he was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries.
Authorities said since the victim has died, Kaholokula’s charges may be upgraded.
MBN has to return seized cars
A Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics must return two customized cars seized from the brother of a drug dealer during a raid. WCBI reported that agents raided the Cedar Creek home of Rodney “Bird” Roby last year. During the raid, two cars, a 1985 Chevy Cutlass and a 1996 Chevy Impala, belong to Roby’s brother, Reginald, were taken from the property.
Roby faces a long list of criminal indictments, but since no drugs were found in the cars, and Reginald produced documents proving the title to both cars were in his name, Judge Lee Howard said the MBN must return them to him.
Reginald currently lives in Atlanta.
Woman arrested for stealing man’s identity
A Greenville woman is being held on a $100,000 bond for allegedly stealing the identity of a Greenville man. Lakesha Warfield, 24, appeared in court on Friday on 16 counts of fraudulently obtaining goods. Warfield is also charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to stop a motor vehicle when told to do so by a police officer.
Authorities said Warfield allegedly stole the man’s identity in April 2010 and obtained a credit card in his name. She then used the credit card to make several purchases.
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