MURRAY – The Murray Police Department (MPD) confirmed this afternoon that four individuals were arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged burglary that took place at an apartment on Coldwater Road around 3 p.m.
The Murray State University (MSU) Police and Calloway County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the call. In its press release, MPD praised the coordinated efforts of officers and deputies that allowed the suspects to be “quickly apprehended within a few minutes of committing the burglary.”
MPD arrested Marissa Asbridge, 18, of Madisonville, Ky.; Channon Catlett, 19, of Murray; Kered James Miles, 18, of Carbondale, Il.; and Cameron Malone, 25, of Princeton, Ky., and charged them all with first-degree burglary.
All but Asbridge received additional charges. MPD also charged Miles with second-degree fleeing or evading (on foot), and Catlett was charged with failure to appear in an unrelated misdemeanor case.
MSU Police charged Malone with first-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot), resisting arrest, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Those charges are the basis of a second felony case against Malone.
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According to the MSU Police citation, an off-duty MPD officer reported a burglary in progress. He further advised that the suspects left the scene in a white sedan observed heading north on Coldwater Road.
The 2014 Chrysler 200 was almost immediately spotted by an MSU Police officer who had just turned on the road from North 16th Street, but before the officer could catch up to the sedan, the uniform citation states, an MPD unit, traveling south, turned around and initiated a traffic stop. The driver pulled over in the parking lot of Quality Plus Auto Care, which is located at the intersection of Coldwater Road and KY 121 North.
According to MPD, Miles, who was a passenger in the back seat of the vehicle, fled on foot during the traffic stop and was located “just north of the area” by an MPD officer. Asbridge and Catlett did not flee, but Malone did. He was apprehended by MSU Police.
Malone exited the vehicle and ran south, crossing Coldwater Road. The MSU Police officer pursued him, noting that he “never lost sight of him.” After running through the backyards of three homes on North 18th Street, Malone stumbled and fell. As he was falling, the officer reported, he removed a black handgun from his waistband and threw it over a fence. The gun, identified by MPD as a Taurus GX4XL 9mm piston, was found on the back porch of the neighboring house.
Calloway District Court Judge Randall Hutchens set bond in each of the four burglary cases at $20,000 cash. Hutchens set a $10,000 cash bond in Malone’s second case, and Catlett has a $309 cash bond in his unrelated case.
Asbridge, Catlett, Malone and Miles will be arraigned in Calloway District Court at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
Individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
