07/26/2024
August 13, 1999
Candidate for sheriff pleads no contest
Robert W. "Bob" Kelly, candidate for Highland County sheriff in November's election, pled no contest to two counts of assault and battery in an Oklahoma incident this year.
I love reading old newspaper articles. A highlight for me in this article was:
"I think this needs to be heard," she said. 'They planned it. They hurt me and my sister so bad we had to go to the hospital. Bob stepped up and kicked her. They knocked me on my knees; I have scars there now. I have doctors' reports and photos I could show you." She said the incident was also witnessed by her mother, aunt, and niece, who were in the Martins' home at the time, and a grandchild who was in the car with them. 'They could have come with the cops," she noted. "Instead they came and knocked us in the dirt ... they didn't want the police out here ... They wanted to hurt us.
Definitely not a good choice to make as a law enforcement officer. Could you image what would happen to a citizen of the community if this happened in Highland County now? Sheriff Bob, I feel for sure would be arresting the person who did something similar, but it's okay in certain circumstances, I guess, if you are a law enforcement officer? Kinda like taking the law into your own hands? hmmm.
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