From Marianna Police Department
On 05/21/2016 at approximately 21:13 hrs, Officer’s with the Marianna Police Department responded to the intersection of South Street and Orange Street in reference to a traffic crash. Upon arrival, Officers determined a Dodge Avenger passenger car pulled out of O&M Food Mart on to South Street and was struck by a Yamaha motorcycle traveling westbound on South Street. While identifying the drivers of the vehicles it was determined the driver of the motorcycle, Richard Wayne Hice, had a suspended driver’s license. Hice stated he recently purchased the motorcycle and provided officers with a handwritten bill of sale. Hice advised officers the tag was on the vehicle when he purchased it on 04/24/2016. The tag was registered to a different motorcycle and upon checking the VIN number of the crashed motorcycle which did not coincide with VIN number on the bill of sale it was found to have been reported stolen. The motorcycle was reported stolen in March of 2016 from a local convenience store. Hice was placed under arrest and transported to Jackson County Correctional Facility to await first appearance.
Arrested: Richard W. Hice, white male, 37 years of age
Charges: grand theft (motor vehicle), driving while license suspended/revoked