CARRIER MILLS—A man who just a year ago was the subject of a murder investigation in Oklahoma was busted in Carrier Mills in mid-October on an unrelated charge.
Bringing reproach upon a group that’s been fighting for years to defend their public image—the Juggalos, which are fans of the horror-rap group Insane Clown Posse—Cody “Knox” Perez, 22, was arrested on the evening of Sunday, October 21, by police in Carrier Mills after onlookers reported that he was beating on his live-in girlfriend and her daughter in the middle of the street…and after which he turned on those who were reporting him.
Hooked up at the Gathering
Sources indicate that Perez, who has a sordid past for such a youthful age, came to live in Carrier Mills after the water department treasurer, Jessica Simmons, hooked up with him at The Gathering of the Juggalos in Hardin County during early August 2012.
How the two found each other and hit it off—with Simmons, at age 36, being quite a bit older than Perez—is unknown. However, the gathering is known for its attraction of weirdos of all stripes and caliber, and their hookup would probably be considered among the less weird of those occurring at the place.
Simmons reportedly brought Perez back to Carrier Mills and he took up residence there, ostensibly as her boyfriend.
However, all reports indicate that Perez took a liking to Simmons’ underage daughter, Chelsea, 15, closer in age to the young man than the mom was, but definitely out of reach as she was a minor and he was more than five years older than she.
Ostensibly, at some point in time with Perez living at the Simmons home, Chelsea was being home-schooled, and Perez was “assisting” with this while Jessica Simmons was away at work. During this time frame, Perez and Chelsea were left unsupervised.
Reports by those who observed the two together indicated that there was something untoward going on. They had been seen walking and holding hands, and reports that Chelsea had attempted to buy alcohol at a local private club at the urging of Perez were made to Carrier Mills residents who were concerned that the man in their midst had at one time been considered a suspect in a teen’s brutal murder.
Further, Simmons had continued to show up at her job having been beaten, often severely, at which time it appeared that she’d literally glued her skin back together where it had been busted near her eye and lip.
Mid-street brawl
On the evening of October 21, Perez and Simmons were reported by a neighbor, Donna Foster, to be locked in a knock-down drag-out in the middle of the road in front of her home on Oak Street.
When Perez discerned that Foster had called the police, he had run up on her porch and attacked several people there.
Officer Jarod Campbell was dispatched to the scene, and when he arrived, he found that Perez had already left Foster’s residence and had returned to the home he shared with Simmons.
Campbell spoke with Tim Fuller, who had been one of the people on the porch that Perez had allegedly attacked.
Fuller said one of his sons had advised him of a fight in the street and Fuller had gone to look, saying he’d observed a white male covered in tattoos (Perez) striking a female (Chelsea Simmons) who was sitting on the ground. As well, Jessica Simmons was attempting at that time to “get the male off of Chelsea.”
Fuller yelled toward Perez, telling him to stop and that he had called police, at which time, “the male ran at him and attacked him,” fighting on the porch and into the front yard. Fuller said he told Perez several times to stop and when he would let him go, “the male would attack him again.”
At some point, Perez head-butted Fuller and bit him in the finger. While police reports don’t indicate it, sources in Carrier Mills advised Disclosure that Perez had attempted to gouge Fuller’s eyes out with his thumbs. The latest report is that one of Fuller’s eyes is actually “loose in its socket.”
Crazy fight
One of Fuller’s sons, Christian, was struck by Perez when he was trying to get the man off his father. Fuller’s other son Theo was also trying to pull Perez off, and Chelsea was on Theo’s back, at which time Theo had to push her off of him, this according to police reports. Despite all of this, Perez got away and ran in to the Simmons residence
Officer James “Whipper” Johnson then went with Campbell to Simmons’ house to locate Perez.
When they got Simmons to the door and asked her what had happened, she advised that there was a fight down the street. Campbell asked where Perez was, she said “in here,” and the officers followed her to a hall where Perez was lying on the floor.
Campbell helped Perez up, advising him that he was under arrest, at which time Perez pulled his arm away while Campbell was attempting to handcuff him.
“Cody began to turn and lifted a leg up like he might try to knee or kick and at that point Officer Johnson took Cody to the floor,” Campbell wrote in his report. “Once on the floor, Cody continued to fight and was kicking his feet. I then deployed my TASER.”
One probe struck Perez’ right arm; the other probe missed, so Campbell had to use a “dry stun” on the man’s right thigh for the rest of the TASER cycle. At that time, Perez then allowed them to put him in handcuffs.
Refused to obey orders
However, that wasn’t the end of it.
As they began to walk Perez out of the house, he stiffened up and began pulling away from the officers. He then quickly twisted toward Campbell and attempted to head-butt the officer. Campbell again deployed his TASER, dry-stunning Perez in the upper chest, whereupon Perez began to lean backwards, causing the TASER to slide up to his neck toward the underside of his chin.
“Once he calmed down,” Campbell wrote in his report, “we were able to walk him to my patrol car.” But once they arrived at the car, Perez refused to get into the back seat, stiffening up his body and pushing toward the officers to they couldn’t place him in the car.
Issuing multiple requests to “get in the car,” and meeting with Perez’ resistance, Johnson used a ‘knee strike’ on Perez’ leg…and then he was placed in the car and a seat belt locked over him.
But even that wasn’t the end.
Hobble tied and aggressive (and mostly naked)
As Johnson was speaking to Perez, the restrained man began hitting his head on the squad car window. Johnson ordered Perez to stop but he continued. Johnson told Perez he would “hobble tie” him if he kept it up; and of course, Perez did.
So Johnson unhooked the seat belt, removed Perez from the car, placed him on the ground and, using a pair of leg restraints, attached them to handcuffs that were already on Perez.
Placing him back in the cruiser, they transported Perez to the Saline County Detention Center, all the while with Perez yelling and cursing the officers, telling them he’d “have his homeboys come down and kill” us “pigs and our families.”
Even at the SCDC, Perez continued his aggression, and staff there placed him in the restraint chair.
It was later noted by sources involved in the incident that Perez was mostly clothed when it all began, but by the time it was over, he was wearing nothing but boxer shorts, having somehow wriggled out of all his clothing but those.
Formal charges, and OP
Initial preliminary charges of Aggravated Battery, Domestic Battery, simple Battery, Aggravated Assault, Resisting a Peace Officer and Breach of Peace were brought to state’s attorney Mike Henshaw, who on Oct. 24 issued formal charges of:
Aggravated Battery against Chelsea Simmons, for striking her in the face while on a city sidewalk in front of 208 Oak Street, Carrier Mills, a Class 3 felony;
Battery, for striking Tim Fuller in the face, head-butting him and biting his left-hand pinky finger, a Class A misdemeanor;
Battery, for striking Christian Fuller, a Class A misdemeanor;
Resisting Arrest, in that he struggled with Jerod Campbell and Whipper Johnson.
He was also the subject of an order of protection filed against him by Fuller, who named his sons and Forrester as protected persons…just in case Perez was able to post bond ($1,500 cash) and spring himself…or in case Simmons had a change of heart to spring him.
At a Nov. 8 OP hearing, a plenary (two-year) order was granted to protect the Fuller household from Perez under whatever circumstances might arise.
Cloud of suspicion after murder
One of the many multitude of reasons why Carrier Mills residents were so concerned about Perez being in their midst dates back to a year ago and was widely available online merely by searching Perez’ name, and nickname (inexplicably, “Knox”).
On Oct. 12, 2011, the remains of a 19-year-old Juggalette, Carina Saunders, were found in a duffle bag behind a local grocery store in Bethany, Oklahoma.
She had been decapitated.
It so happened that just two days before, Perez’ mother Rachel Laraway, 38, with whom he was living while attending culinary school, reported him as a missing person. During the report, she mentioned that Perez, who already had one child at his ripe old age of 21 (since his mother set the tone breeding at such an early age), had impregnated not only his girlfriend, but a friend’s girlfriend as well.
The name that Laraway believed came up as being the “friend” whose gf her boy had knocked up was “Tweet” or “Tween,” and she was concerned because this guy had threatened bodily harm to Perez.
Somehow, police came upon a man named Kyle Tweed, also 21, who might be the one threatening Perez. They questioned him at length, and although he had gone to school with Saunders, didn’t know her, nor did he know Perez, and he was released.
With that, police issued public statements that Perez was a “person of interest” in Saunders’ murder, and they were trying to locate him for questioning.
CM folks believe he might’ve done it
Perez, in the meantime, had made it from Oklahoma to Arizona.
There, he had pawned his set of culinary knives he had with him, authorities learned.
So they brought him back to Oklahoma and questioned him at length, in the meantime locating the pawned knives and testing them for human blood or tissue. They were found to have contained nothing of the sort, and Perez was released, no longer a person of interest.
To this day, the Saunders murder remains unsolved.
However, some Carrier Mills residents who observed first-hand the type of lifestyle Perez brought to their town makes them skeptical that he should ever have been released from under the suspicion of Saunders’ death so easily.
Add to this the violent, obnoxious verbiage utilized by Juggalo supporters of Perez, such as this gem from one slovenly female (Juggalette) in the vicinity of Perez’ hometown:
“VERY PISSED OFF I AM GONNA COME UP THEIR TO THAT RED NECK HILLBILLY PIG INFESTED TOWN AND DO ONE OF TWO THINGS EITHER JUST START CHOPING MUTHA FUKAS UP TIL I GET MY BRO OUT OF JAIL OR BLOW UP THE PIG HOUSE CAUSE WHAT U ASSHOLES DID TO MY BROTHER WAR AGANST THE LAW ON SO MANY LEVELS SO FUK U BASTARDS”
And the Carrier Mills people who spoke with Disclosure about it believed they had reason to be concerned.
And the wrap…
Perez, who has a criminal history in Oklahoma of Assault and Battery on a Department of Juvenile Affairs employee, Possession of a Stolen credit card and Larceny from a house, is set to enter his plea November 21.
Apparently, Perez doesn’t like the accommodations in SCDC and is ready to move on.
Chelsea Simmons reportedly went to live with her grandmother after the incident, and after displaying on her Facebook page a photo of herself with a black eye given her by the violent juggalo Perez.
Jessica Simmons reportedly gave up her job at the water department shortly after Disclosure outlined the incident on their website.
She is reportedly moving on with her life and realizing what a mistake it was to bring a person once suspected of murder into her small town.