By Pat Culverhouse

Obeying alleged “voices inside of his head” by reportedly striking a handicapped passenger inside his vehicle has landed a Heflin man in the parish prison on a second degree battery charge.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said 34-year-old Cody Allen Moore is currently being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center after his arrest by parish deputies just before noon Wednesday. Bond has been set at $150,000.

Parker said Lt. Charles Kimberly and Deputy Lukas Krouse responded to a report from a witness who reportedly observed the driver of a vehicle striking a passenger multiple times while driving on U.S. Hwy. 371. When officers reportedly made contact with the vehicle, the driver was asked if there was a physical disturbance inside the vehicle with the passenger.

“The driver, who identified himself as Cody Moore, said he heard voices inside of his head and to stop the voices, he slammed the female passenger’s head into the passenger side door,” Parker said. “Our officers observed multiple abrasions to the victim’s facial area. She told the officers that Moore did shove her into the door.”

EMS was dispatched due to injuries to the victim who officers said is reportedly diagnosed with muscular sclerosis and is wheelchair bound.

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