Trial Date Set for Man Accused of Stalking and Harassing Multi-Racial Cold Spring Family

(KNSI) – The case of a man accused of deliberately crashing an unoccupied SUV into the Cold Spring home of a multi-racial family will head to trial.

Benton Louis Beyer is accused of stalking and harassing Andrea Robinson and her family for several months, including ramming an SUV into their home in July. Charges against Beyer include stalking, felony damage to property, theft, harassment, misdemeanor property damage, and two counts of second-degree assault. Robinson had been pleading with the court to file assault charges against Beyer. The charges also say Beyer’s actions were racially motivated. Andrea is white. Her husband is Black, and they have biracial children.

The amended complaint says Beyer became fixated on Robinson and her family after his girlfriend cheated on him with a Black man. The Robinson’s home is near where Beyer’s ex-girlfriend worked and roughly six blocks from where Beyer and his girlfriend lived.

Prosecutors are tacking on aggravating factors in the case, saying the crimes were committed “in the presence of a child who saw, heard, witnessesed, or otherwise perceived the offense.” The family was home when the SUV came crashing through the side of it, and one of Robinson’s children was sleeping on the couch in the living room, just a short distance from the impact.

Beyer is due back in court for a hearing on September 9th. A jury trial is scheduled to begin on October 11th.

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