TODAY, BUCHANAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR DWIGHT K. SCROGGINS, JR., CHARGED
KYLE W. SMITH WITH THE CLASS B FELONY OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (5-15 YEARS SENTENCE RANGE) AND THE CLASS D FELONY OF TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE (1-4 YEARS SENTENCE RANGE) INVOLVING THE MAY 18, 2016, DEATH OF SKYLAR POWELL. BOND HAS BEEN SET AT $20,000.
ALSO CHARGED WAS ASHTEN SURRITTE WITH THE CLASS B FELONY OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE (5-15 YEARS SENTENCE RANGE). BOND HAS BEEN SET AT $20,000.
BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN DIVISION NO. 6 OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M.