MURRAY – This morning, at the request of Commonwealth’s Attorney Dennis Foust, Calloway Circuit Judge Andrea Moore dismissed all state-level charges against Jack Epperson, the former Murray State University student who pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his attempt to throw a Molotov cocktail at a group of sorority members in September 2022.
In July 2024, Epperson pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, which, by definition, includes improvised incendiary devices, such as Molotov cocktails. He was sentenced to four months imprisonment and two years of supervised release in April.
In addition to the federal charges, Epperson also faced two counts of first-degree assault, one count of possession of a destructive/booby trap device and one count of second-degree wanton endangerment in Calloway Circuit Court; however, while the federal was pending, the state case was stalled.
At a status hearing in June, Epperson’s attorney Jason Holland appeared alone, noting his client was not present because he had recently entered a federal correctional facility in Arkansas. Foust requested the hearing be continued to September and advised the court that he would likely move to dismiss the circuit court charges at that time.
Today, Foust did just that, and Moore dismissed the case without prejudice.
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