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| ROY KIRK |
According to Henry
County Sheriff J. Kent Oberkrom, Deputy Zach Sebree responded to SW
Hwy HH and SW Hwy RA on a report of a suspicious vehicle and possible
theft of scrap metal at 7:30 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2013. While
attempting to arrest the driver, Randy Matthew Taylor, age 33,
Leeton, Deputy Sebree was struck in the head by stolen scrap metal
loaded on the truck.
Sgt. Mike Nelson has
continued to work the assault and theft cases and has made an
additional arrest and recovered an extensive amount of stolen
property in various areas throughout Henry and St. Clair County.
On Saturday November
23, 2013, Sgt. Mike Nelson arrested Roy Kirk, age 28 of Clinton on a
24 hour hold for burglary and stealing. Kirk, who was already on
supervised probation is being held in the Henry County Detention
Center. According to the Sheriff’s Office report, Taylor and Kirk
were working together during several of the thefts.
Taylor is also being
investigated for felony damage to jail property as he allegedly
tampered with an access panel in a jail cell since his incarceration.
