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Bogalusa Daily News Online
Address:http://www.dnewsnet.com/display/inn_news/news03.txt Friday,
January 25, 2002
Bungled robbery in Angie leads to arrests

ANGIE – A hunting mishap that sounded fishy to Mississippi fish and
wildlife officers turned out to be a bungled armed robbery attempt in
Angie.

Four Mississippi men were arrested recently after trying to steal Angie
resident Dona Duncan Brooks’ cancer medication and then getting in a
shootout with Brook’s 13-year old son.

Washington Parish Sheriff’s Detective Tom Anderson told the Tylertown
Times Albert Thomas, 17, Jeremy Sisson, 25, Jesse Kerry Brumfield and
Damion Dier, 21, all of McComb and Tylertown were arrested and charged
with attempted second degree murder, attempted armed robbery with use of
a firearm and attempted aggravated burglary.

According to the Times, Dier arrived at Walthall County General Hospital
for treatment of gunshot wounds, and was then airlifted to
Forrest-General in Hattiesburg.

Walthall County Sheriff Duane Dillon said Dier sustained one, possibly
two wounds in what was originally reported as a hunting accident.

Dier claimed to have been hunting near Lexie and accidentally shot
himself, then phoned a Pike County friend to pick him up and take him to
the hospital.

Officials reportedly were suspicious because Dier hadn’t called 911 and
could not produce a cell phone; nor could he describe the type of gun he
was using to hunt.

Around the same time, Louisiana authorities were reportedly
investigating an armed robbery and gunfight in Angie. But WPSO officials
could not find a gunshot victim.

Brandon Bright, a Walthall narcotics agent, pieced together the events
and turned up a conspiracy.

Bright surmised the four men went to Brooks’ house to rob her but were
surprised by her 13-year old son, who opened fire with a .20 gauge
shotgun.

Brooks, who lives in the Hilltop Church Community near Pine, is
reportedly a cancer patient who weighs about 85 pounds, according to the
Times. The four men were allegedly after Brooks’ pain medication.

Brooks, according to Walthall County Circuit Court records, is under
indictment for sale of OxyContin. Her case is set for trial in March,
according to the court docket.

“One guy (Brumfield) went in on a pretense to visit. He was to open the
door, then the others were to rush in, put a gun on him and say ‘get
down’. The others were wearing ski masks.

They were to steal Brooks’ medicine bag and leave,” Anderson told the
Times.

The 13-year old got wise to the situation and got his gun. He shot Dier
in the head with two pellets before Brooks grabbed the gun and fired
again, hitting Dier in the left side and knocking him off the trailer
steps. His accomplices dragged him to the getaway car before fleeing the
scene.

The Tylertown Times contributed to this article. Copyright 2002 Bogalusa
Daily News.

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