A Winona man has been bound over to the Montgomery County grand jury on two counts of receiving stolen property.
Deshaun Anderson appeared before Judge Alan D. Lancaster Thursday morning on charges of receiving stolen property. However, it was Anderson’s first time in court. The prior Thursday, Anderson failed to appear, but his charge for receiving stolen property was remanded to the file at that time. That was until Anderson was arrested again on similar charges in addition to felony fleeing.
“You have two bonds now,” Lancaster told Anderson. “They tried to help you out, and you went and violated the law again.” Anderson waived his right to a preliminary hearing and the city requested that Anderson be held on a total bond of $10,000.
In another case, a Winona man was released after it was found there was no probable cause to present a receiving stolen property case against him to the Montgomery County grand jury.
Stuart Rivers Lee was charged with receiving stolen property after a motorcycle was found hidden behind a dumpster at Subway.
Captain Dan Herod was allowed to testify to what Herring reportedly told him about the incident. In a preliminary hearing, hearsay is permissible but not in Circuit Court.
He said he spoke with former Winona Police officer Blake Herring who worked the case along with former officer Jarquez Evans.
Herod said the incident happened on October 23. He said Herring told him via a phone call that he found the motorcycle behind the dumpster. Herring told Herod that he and Evans ran the motorcycle through the National Crime Information Center database, also known as NCIC, and it came back as stolen.
Herod said the motorcycle “was taken from where 20 other cars have been taken from, the auto auction off of the Duck Hill exit.” He said someone with Insurance Auto Auction gave the value of the motorcycle, a 2016 Honda, as $5,000.
He said Herring told him Lee was asked how he came in possession of the bike, and Herring said Lee told him a man named AJ Chapman dropped it off at his house and said to “do whatever with it.” Herring reportedly also said Lee told him that he didn’t have a license, which is why he hid the bike behind the dumpster.
“But, I’ve seen him before, and he’s had all kinds of cars and ain’t had a license,” Herod said.
Public defender Lee Bailey asked Herod what the basis of Lee’s charge of receiving stolen property was.
“Because he was in possession of it, and he hangs out with AJ Chapman. Well, he frequents his house a lot,” Herod said. He said Chapman has a history of taking cars and motorcycles.
Lancaster said that he didn’t feel the city had met enough evidence to pursue the case at this time, but could present it to the court again if able to gather more evidence.
In other cases:
Tony Coleman was found guilty of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle.
