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Cole (left), Normand, and Dickenson (right)
Among 63 individuals facing murder charges within Jefferson County, a trio of accused killers remain out on bond, one in excess of a year.
Jaye Vincent Normand, who happens to share the same last name as a local attorney, remains free on a $100,000 bond since admitting to shooting Corry Demarcus Beckett on July 29, 2022, and leaving him dying on the pavement of the Shell gas station at State Highway 105 and Major Drive while he went home to bring snacks to his children.
Normand’s bond, as for most murder suspects in Jefferson County, was initially set at $1 million by Justice of the Peace Ben Collins. According to the judge, the bond was lowered after the elected official received a letter from the murder suspect’s attorney, asking for a bond reduction. The Examiner, after some back and forth with staff from Collins’ office, acquired the letter requesting Normand’s bond reduction. In an email sent July 30, attorney Wendell C. Radford Jr. urged the judge to reconsider the stiff bail, in part, since Normand “comes from a respected family in the community,” that of Radford’s co-counsel and local political philanthropist Marsha Normand.
Normand is scheduled on Judge John Stevens’ Criminal District Court announcement docket for Jan. 18.
Carron Joseph Dickenson Jr. posted a $200,000 bond on June 21, 2023, after being arrested as a suspect in the Sept. 21, 2022, robbery and shootout that led to the murder of 20-year-old Beaumont man Randle Cormier. Dickenson is also scheduled on Judge Stevens’ Criminal District Court announcement docket for Jan. 18.
Out on a $75,000 bond since November 5, 2022, Mychelle R. Cole is scheduled for a trial hearing before Judge Stevens’ Criminal District Court on Jan. 22. Cole admitted to manslaughter for her alleged role in the murder of 31-year-old Isaiah Brandon Wagner, of Beaumont, and was released on a reduced bond in return for full cooperation in the pending prosecution.
Wagner’s body was found on the side of the Beaumont Heights Apartment Complex at the corner of Dowlen Road and Phelan Boulevard on Jan. 29, 2022. Cole’s co-defendant, Kedrain Perkins, was identified as the shooter in a shooting a week prior in an attempt on Wagner’s life. In addition to being the alleged gunman in Wagner’s death, Perkins is also facing prosecution for the New Year’s Day 2022 death of Felton Jones. Perkins remains in custody at the Jefferson County Jail and is set for a trial hearing before Judge Stevens’ Criminal District Court on Feb. 5.