Sat Nov 07 2009
The Frankfort man who served four years for the 2004 shooting on Ewing Court pleaded innocent today to shooting a man near the corner of East Third Street and Murray Street.
William E. Brewer, 20, was charged with first-degree assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and fleeing or evading police in the shooting of Charles C. Randle, 43, three times in the upper body June 4.
Brewer appeared before Judge Philip Shepherd in Franklin Circuit Court in an orange prison jumpsuit, hands shackled, after he was transported from Franklin County Regional Jail to enter his plea.
Public defender Scott Getsinger stood in for Rodney Barnes, who was absent, for the arraignment. Barnes will represent Brewer. Getsinger asked that Brewer's $100,000 full cash bond be reduced.
"The commonwealth would be adamantly opposed to a reduction in bond," Commonwealth's Attorney Larry Cleveland said.
"This is his second time shooting," Cleveland said. "Last time he left somebody paralyzed."
"He's a danger to society and he should be incarcerated," Cleveland said.
Getsinger said Brewer should be presumed innocent until proven guilty and that he was a moderate risk for flight.
Shepherd ruled the $100,000 bond was appropriate.
Brewer was convicted of second-degree assault after shooting Brandon Taylor, of Indianapolis, in the back on Ewing Court in 2004.
Prosecutors said Taylor was left permanently paralyzed from the chest down after a drug deal gone awry.
Prosecutors originally took the case to trial, but the jury hung and Brewer was offered a plea deal of lesser charges, prosecutors said.
In the recent case, Frankfort police arrested Brewer after they surveyed the East Frankfort home of Sarah Ellen Young at 208 Myrtle Ave., where he was believed to be hiding.
Police reports said Brewer was seen entering and exiting Young's house, carrying bags of clothing to a vehicle.
Police stopped Brewer's vehicle when he left the house. Brewer fled briefly on foot before being run down by officers, police said.
Young, 26, was arrested for hindering apprehension and prosecution, police said.
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Posted by ema June 28, 2008
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I don't think being low income equals crime. There are many people struggling out there who work each day and still need assistance. They're called the "working poor" and the elderly who receive small checks from Social Security.
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Posted by smartgirl June 27, 2008
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I do not envy Rodney Barnes at all...being a public defender to some of the finest scumbags in central Kentucky. He was representing the guy in the Scott Co. home invasion, that is why he was absent from court on this case.
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Posted by my2cents2 June 27, 2008
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Has anyone else noticed that there seem to be more and more of this type hanging around town (usually driving around town in souped-up cars) in the middle of the day with nothing better to do than rob houses, deal drugs, and shoot people (and animals)? Are all of these people on public assistance or what? I'd love to see the statistics on the number on Welfare and Section 8 in this town; I'll bet it's increased 100% in the past ten years. This isn't a good trend.
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Posted by ibdeb June 27, 2008
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I'm so sick of this type of trash around here. I say we should tell him he has two choices. Stay in jail indefinetly (he should anyways) or we give him a 2 second head start as the cop with the gun watches him run from the jail then shoots him in the back. Hmm, wonder which he'd pick? As stupid as he obviously is, I can only wonder. The girl with him, well, you go genius. Your "man" shot someone years ago, shoots another now, and he's worth hiding? Child, you need counseling.
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Posted by ema June 27, 2008
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I don't care if his risk of flight is moderate. He was on parole for shooting someone when he was arrested for this crime. He seems to think shooting people is the way to solve disputes. He needs to be put away for as long as possible. P.S. Parole Board - you might want to look more carefully at his case the next time he comes before you.
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