A Rockcastle County man was arrested Monday after police say he beat a man with a brick in Perry County and then tried to drown him in a river.
Larry Yocum is in the Kentucky River Regional Jail charged with attempted murder and tampering with physical evidence. According to an arrest citation, a witness told Hazard police that he saw Yocum “murder” Jeffrey Kerr Monday afternoon on the river bank near the city basketball courts.
The witness claimed to have seen Yocum beat Kerr with his fists, break a brick over his head, then drag Kerr out into the water.
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The paperwork goes on to say Yocum put the brick on top of Kerr in an attempt to sink him. When he didn’t sink, the witness claims that Yocum used his foot to push Kerr out into the river.
Kerr was found alive on the other side of the river with severe cuts, skull and brain fragments in his hair and a possible broken nose. So far, there is no word on his current condition.
Yocum was arrested Monday night.
