A Madison County grand jury will hear the case of a Big Hill Avenue man accused of breaking his wife’s arm in two places during a domestic dispute and killing her pet dog.
Samuel A. Voorhees, 39, is charged with second-degree assault, first-degree cruelty to animals, theft by unlawful taking of more than $300 and violating a domestic violence protection order following a Feb. 5 incident at his home in the 400 block.
In a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Madison District Court, Richmond police officers testified that Voorhees allegedly beat his wife with a large wooden lamp, breaking her left arm in two places and bruising her right arm and back.
Voorhees also allegedly broke a big screen television rented from Rent-A-Center during the fight.
Voorhees is charged with animal cruelty for going back to the house following the argument and killing a pet dog with a knife. Officers seized the knife after arresting Voorhees on Feb. 6 at an apartment complex near the home, and a red substance believed to be blood was on it.
Officer Gary Shaffer also testified in a separate case that Voorhees had pawned a lawn mower and garden tiller worth $2,400 at Wade’s Pawn without permission.
The mower was sold to the store’s owner in January for $300, while the tiller had been pawned twice.
Madison District Judge Brandy O. Brown sent both cases to the grand jury and raised Voorhees’s bond to $22,500 cash, saying his original bond depreciated the severity of the charges.
Porn robbery
A 20-year-old accused with robbing a local adult bookstore at gunpoint waived his case to the grand jury.
Rodney K. Horn of Irvine was arrested Feb. 8 in the parking lot of Kroger on the Robert Martin Bypass after police say he robbed Interstate News and Tobacco on N. Keeneland Drive at gunpoint just after 9 p.m.
Horn allegedly pointed a .44-caliber handgun at the clerk after approaching the counter to purchase a pair of DVDs, then fled the store with a bag of money.
Witnesses were able to describe the robber’s vehicle to police, and Horn was pulled over at Kroger. A search of the vehicle revealed the gun and a bag of money.
Brian Smith may be reached at bsmith@richmondregister.com or at 624-6694.
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