More charges in Interstate 5 shooting case
December 18, 2020 GMT
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) The former UPS driver from Roseburg, Oregon, who was arrested in August on suspicion of shooting at cars on Interstate 5 is facing additional charges.
The News-Review reports Kenneth Alan Ayers, 49, received 26 additional charges at an arraignment hearing Thursdy in Jackson County Circuit Court.
The grand jury indictment issued Wednesday included a total of 34 charges, including three counts of second-degree attempted murder, one count of second-degree assault, eight counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of first-degree criminal mischief, all of which are felonies.
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The indictment also included misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment related to 14 drivers or passengers in the shootings, as well as six counts of second-degree criminal mischief relating to specific vehicle damage.
The former Roseburg UPS driver who was arrested in August on suspicion of shooting at cars on Interstate 5 is facing additional charges in Jackson County Circuit Court.
At an arraignment hearing Thursday, Kenneth Alan Ayers, 49, received 26 additional charges. The grand jury indictment issued Wednesday included a total of 34 charges, including three counts of second-degree attempted murder, one count of second-degree assault, eight counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of first-degree criminal mischief, all of which are felonies.
The indictment also included misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment related to 14 drivers or passengers in the shootings, as well as six counts of second-degree criminal mischief relating to specific vehicle damage.
UPS driver suspected of shooting at cars on I-5 in southern Oregon faces more charges
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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ROSEBURG The former UPS driver from Roseburg, Oregon, who was arrested in August on suspicion of shooting at cars on Interstate 5 is facing additional charges.
The News-Review reports Kenneth Alan Ayers, 49, received 26 additional charges at an arraignment hearing Thursdy in Jackson County Circuit Court.
The grand jury indictment issued Wednesday included a total of 34 charges, including three counts of second-degree attempted murder, one count of second-degree assault, eight counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of first-degree criminal mischief, all of which are felonies.
The man who shot Forbes, Dennis Hall, died in his apartment on Maple Street in Jackson in a fire that appeared to be deliberately set on July 12, 1982. Because Hall and Forbes were recently involved in an altercation, police considered Forbes a suspect in the arson. Police arrested him at his home. Forbes was convicted of arson and murder in May 1983 and was sentenced to life in prison. Forbes, 63, became a free man on November 20, more than 37 years following his conviction, after the prosecution’s star witness admitted to fabricating her story and evidence surfaced that the fire may have been part of an insurance fraud scheme orchestrated by the Maple Street building owner, leading to a retrial, according to documents filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.
DETROIT – Walter Forbes was a full-time student at Michigan s Jackson Community College in 1982. He had dreams of owning a real estate development firm after graduating.
One night that year, Forbes broke up a bar fight. He didn’t know that would change his life forever.
A man involved in the bar fight shot Forbes the next day, according to court documents.
The damage the gunshot did to Forbes’ body may have taken a few months to heal, but what happened next led to him spending nearly four decades in prison, leaving deep lifelong wounds on him and his family.
The man who shot Forbes, Dennis Hall, died in his apartment in Jackson, Michigan, in a fire that appeared to be deliberately set on July 12, 1982.