A trial has been scheduled for a Stroud man facing eight felonies following his arrest by officers and who has been bound over and has pleaded innocent.
Formal charges were filed Sep. 24, 2024 in Lincoln County District Court against Acey Ambrose Murphy, 33. He appeared before Associate District Judge Sheila Kirk the same day he was charged.
She set his bond at $250,000. He made his initial appearance Sep. 30.
Special Judge Emily Mueller scheduled his preliminary hearing for Dec. 5. On that date, he was bound over. She scheduled his arraignment for 9 a.m. Dec. 10.
Appearing for his arraignment before District Judge Sarah Bridge on that date, Murphy pleaded innocent. Judge Bridge has set his cause for the felony disposition docket at 9 a.m. Apr. 29, 2025.
On that date, both parties announced ready for trial. Judge Bridge set the cause for the jury trial call docket at 9 a.m. on May 29 and jury trial at 9 a.m. on June 2.
Murphy was previously convicted of six felonies in 2019.
The eight felony counts Murphy now faces include second degree burglary; possess firearm during commission of a felony; tampering with security camera or system; robbery with a firearm; endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police officer; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; possession of firearm after former felony conviction; and possession of stolen vehicle.
In Count 1, Murphy is accused on Sep. 13, 2024 of second degree burglary by breaking and entering into the Route 66 Pawnshop in Chandler.
Murphy is charged in Count 2 with possessing a firearm on Sep. 13, 2024 during the commission of felony second degree burglary.
He is accused in Count 3 of tampering with a security camera or system on the same day while committing second degree burglary.
Count 4 charges him on Sep. 19, 2024 with robbery with a firearm by robbing Phillip Blake and taking and carrying away money that belonged to the Shamrock Convenience store and that was in Blake’s possession without Blake’s consent.
Count 5 accuses Murphy of endangering others while eluding or attempting to elude police officers Kyle Crow, Memphis Anderson and Andrew Nguyen in the performance of their duties with the Meeker Police Department, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Sac and Fox PD by speeding, passing in a no passing zone and driving the wrong way down the highway and endangering numerous other persons who were using those same streets.
He is charged in Count 6 with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on Sep. 22, 2024 of assaulting Capt. Jimmy Ahrend of the Stroud Police Department with a vehicle intending to harm the police captain.
On Sep. 22, 2024 he is accused in Count 7 of possessing a firearm after former felony conviction by having a pistol after he had been convicted in Lincoln County District Court of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in 2018.
The eighth felony against Murphy accuses him on Sep. 22 of possessing a Honda Pilot he reportedly had stolen from Lan Phu.