The following is a roundup of several ongoing court cases in the Caruthersville area:
A man charged with murder in the first-degree and armed criminal action over a year ago is now scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Caruthersville in July.
Donald Cagle, 49, was being housed in Fulton, Mo., after an incompetency hearing
Cagle was given a competency hearing and sent to Fulton. On May 19, Brandon Sanchez, Cagle's court appointed attorney, appeared in front of Judge Byron Luber. Luber scheduled a review date of July 18 to set a preliminary hearing. Cagle will remain in Fulton until that date.
In another murder case, a Caruthersville man who was charged with the murder of 29-year old-Stephen Smith, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in front of Judge Luber and is scheculed to appear June 21 in front of Judge Fred Copeland.
Charles Cecil , 50, appeared in court last week and was bound over to Pemiscot County CIrcuit Court Division I. He remains incarcerated at the Pemiscot County Justice Center in lieu of bail.
A Caruthersville man made his first appearance in court in front of Judge Luber last week after being charged with several felonies related to a domestic assault in which he allegedly threw a baby out of a window. Travis Carter, 20, was arrested by the Caruthersville Police Department after officers responded to a call concerning a domestic assault.
CPD Chief Chris Riggs said his officers were called to a home at Taven Apartments on Monday where the female victim said Carter broke a window and entered her house. The woman had an order of protection against Carter. Riggs said Carter assaulted the female and threw a baby inside of the home outside through an open window. Carter fled the scene and was arrested a short time later without incident.
Carter was arraigned on one count of burglary in the first-degree, one count of domestic assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the first-degree, all felonies; along with one count of a violation of an order of protection of an adult, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in front of Judge Luber and he was appointed an attorney with the Public Defender's Office.
Luber set a preliminary hearing date of June 27 for the felony charges and a bench trial date of the June 27 for the misdemeanor charge. Carter remains incarcerated in the Pemiscot County Justice Center in lieu of a $75,000 bond.