OFF THE WIRE
LITCHFIELD – Jury selection in the murder case against 56-year-old Kevin Campbell has been delayed until Oct. 17. Selection was originally supposed to have begun today.
Campbell is accused of killing Roland Lagasse outside of the Forbidden Motorcycle Club in Torrington in 2008.
Campbell, of Watertown is currently being held on $2 million bond for the killing of Lagasse on June 27, 2008. According to reports, both men were involved in a fight over a patch at the Winsted Rd. club. Campbell's brother, Jim Campbell, the Forbidden's road captain, believed member Jerome "Rob" Welch didn't deserve the one-year patch. Lagasse believed otherwise.
The proceedings follow a July 2009 mistrial in the original trial.
Two camps of witnesses gave two versions of what happened. On June 27, 2008, Lagasse, took off his “rags,” or motorcycle vest, walked outside the barn that the Forbidden club members used as a meeting house, and challenged the defendant’s brother, James Campbell, to a fight.
The club was split on whether to grant a one-year patch to another member. State witnesses said Lagasse struck James Campbell once and turned toward the defendant saying, “You want some too (profanity)?” The state’s key witness, Eugene Thebarge, said Kevin Campbell responded, “You’re a dead man (profanity),” drew his .38 special, stepped forward and shot Lagasse in the chest as Lagasse was recoiling away.
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