State AG won’t prosecute man on attempted murder, assault charges

The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office will not prosecute a 30-year-old Morgan City man on attempted murder and assault charges in connection with an alleged May 2014 drive-by shooting, according to St. Mary Parish clerk of court records.
The state Attorney General’s Office decided not to prosecute Brandon Dewayne Poole, 30, of Morgan City, on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of assault by drive-by shooting and possession of firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon.
When contacted, Attorney General’s Office Spokeswoman Ruth Wisher said she was working to confirm the reasons the assistant attorney general decided not to prosecute Poole. As of 8 a.m. today, The Daily Review had not received a follow-up response.
Anthony Jerrell Dixon, 26, of Morgan City, and Dequante Queon Wesley, 22, of Morgan City, still face charges for two counts of attempted first-degree murder and assault by drive-by shooting, according to court records.
On Oct. 24, Judge Keith Comeaux ordered a nolle prosequi entered in the case against Poole on the motion of Assistant Attorney General Eli Abad, court records said.
On May 20, 2014, Morgan City police officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Cherry Street in regard to five to six gunshots being fired in the area, according to an affidavit.
Upon arrival, officers found a 27-year-old man lying in the parking lot between two vehicles near the front door of an apartment with a single gunshot wound to the head, the affidavit said.
The next day, a witness to the shooting stated that he and the gunshot victim had been outside of their home, at which time they saw a truck approach the home, the affidavit said. The witness said the truck passed in front of the home when he heard about six shots being fired from the vehicle.
The two men attempted to take cover behind parked vehicles in front of the home but one of them was hit in the head by a bullet, the affidavit said.
Another witness later told police that before the shooting, he was with Poole, Dixon and Wesley when they came to his home on Railroad Avenue in a silver Nissan Frontier four-door truck. Wesley was driving while Dixon was sitting in the front seat and Poole in the back passenger side seat, the affidavit said.
While leaning into the truck to speak to the three men, the witness saw Poole to be in possession of what appeared to be a Glock handgun in Poole’s right front pocket. It appeared to be an older .40- or .45-caliber handgun, the affidavit said. The men left the Railroad Avenue home, but the resident could hear the gunshots being fired in the Cherry Street area.
The truck then pulled behind the Railroad Avenue home when the resident saw the three men “having an excited conversation congratulating” Poole for the shooting. The resident saw Poole in possession of what appeared to be the same “Glock” handgun and noticed that the slide was locked back with the empty magazine in the gun, the affidavit said.