Mistrial in Bolívar county 11-05-2009

 

A JUDGE DECLARES A MISTRIAL IN A BOLIVAR COUNTY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT TRIAL. JUDGE CHARLES WEBSTER DECLARES A MISTRIAL IN THE CASE OF RHEUBEN LATHAM, WAUTESE BELL AND TRENT WILLIAMS AFTER JURORS COULD NOT MAKE A DECISION ON A VERDICT LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MEN WERE ALL CHARGED WITH MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER ALLEGEDLY ENTERING A MOUND BAYOU HOME AND SHOOTING A WOMAN WHO WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT.  AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE WOMAN'S BOYFRIEND WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.