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Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:58 AM
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Subject: Trial information filed naming Mark D.
Becker in Edward Thomas murder
Attachments:
Parkersburg
Becker two Trial Informations 6-30-09.pdf
To news editors.
From
Please find attached a
Trial Information that was filed late Tuesday afternoon in Butler County District Court in
Allison, accusing Mark Daryl Becker of the crime of murder in the first degree,
in the death of Edward Thomas on June
24, 2009.
As the Trial Information
indicates, District Court Judge Stephen Carroll set arraignment for 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 7th,
2009, at the District Courtroom, Butler County Courthouse in
Judge Carroll continued Becker’s
cash-only bond in the amount of $1 million.
Becker is being held at the Cerro Gordo County Jail in
The prosecution is being handled
cooperatively by the Butler County Attorney and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office (at the request of
the Butler County Attorney.)
A Trial Information also was filed
Tuesday in Butler County District Court, accusing Mark D. Becker of the crime
of Eluding or Attempting to Elude While Participating in a Felony on June 20,
2009. (The attached Trial Information
contains a few more details of the allegations.) The alleged crime is a Class D felony, punishable by up to
five years in prison and a fine of $750 to $7,500.
I believe that is about all the
information we may provide at this time.
We always note that a criminal charge is merely an accusation, and a
suspect or defendant is considered innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.