Robert Eugene Walker, 33, is being held on $1,250,000 bond for two counts of aggravated assault and aggravated robbery after auto dealer Bob McKamey identified him as the man who attacked him at his home.
Walker appeared before General Sessions Court Judge Ron Durby on Tuesday morning.
The well-known owner of Capital Toyota said Walker came to his home in Council Fire on Dec. 13 looking for Tim Loulder. He said he told Walker that Mr. Loulder did not live there.
According to the witness, Walker apologized for interrupting and put out his left hand for him to shake. Mr. McKamey, who is 73, said when he took Walker’s hand, Walker grabbed him and pushed him into the house. McKamey testified that Walker repeatedly told him that he was “going to kill him” and that he was “a dead man.”
The witness said Walker threw him on the tile floor and put a pistol to his neck. When the intruder began choking him, Mr. McKamey said he told him that someone else was in the house. Mr. McKamey said the man fled but took his Cartier glasses.
Mr. McKamey said his neighbor followed Walker in his car after Walker tried to run him off the road.
Mr. McKamey said the police and medics arrived and he was bandaged up. He said he suffered a swollen neck, busted open knee, bruises on his mouth and a bleeding elbow.
After the incident, Mr. McKamey called Loulder Construction Company and described the man. He said he found out from a foreman that Walker had been fired two weeks earlier.
Prosecuting Attorney Carl Huskins asked Mr. McKamey if he was able to identify Walker as his attacker and Mr. McKamey said, “Without a doubt.”
Mr. McKamey’s maid testified that Walker came to the McKamey home the day before the assault, but Mr. McKamey was not home. She said she immediately identified the suspect as Walker when she reviewed photographs presented by the police.
The suspect’s father, Carl Walker, also gave his testimony. He said in May 2005 he and his son got in an argument. He said his son put a knife to his throat and threatened to kill him. Carl Walker said his wife told him that she was going to call the police, but the son told her that he would stab his father if she did.
Mr. Walker said his son cut the phone cord, but then left after his girlfriend came in the house.
The charges were bound to the Grand Jury.
Walker will appear before the General Sessions Court again on Jan. 24 for another assault charge. Defense attorney Phil Duval is representing him.