William Brent James
An Oak Ridge man has been indicted for reckless homicide in the death of another man in November 2014.
William Brent James, 19, of Warrior Circle, was indicted by the Anderson County Grand Jury on January 5 and arrested Friday, January 9, by Oak Ridge Police Department Detective Kevin Craig.
The indictment alleged James “unlawfully and recklessly” killed Michael William James on or around November 27, 2014. It wasn’t immediately clear if the two men are related.
James has an arraignment scheduled for January 29.
He remained jailed in the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on Wednesday afternoon. His bond has been set at $25,000, according to jail records.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Tracy Stout-Powers says
So after about 14 months it’s still not clear if they are related? Really? What happened to investigative journalism?
Tracy Stout
johnhuotari says
Hi, Tracy. The grand jury indictment was from Tuesday, January 5, and I didn’t know about this case until sometime in the past few days. I just got the indictment today but it contains very little information, and as you may know, grand jury proceedings are not public so I don’t have additional information yet. Warrants would normally contain more information, but I don’t think there are any in this case.
I did put in a call to law enforcement today. I’m not sure if they’ll be able to add any information until there is a hearing or some other proceeding, but I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.
Thank you,
John