Man accused of running over cousin with vehicle

SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston man faces charges after police say he ran over his cousin with a vehicle.

Brandon Lee Kolwyck, 26, is charged with armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault causing serious injury to another person, both felonies.

At 8:04 a.m. Friday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers received a call from Discount Cigarettes and Beer, 2021 E. Malone St., about a person who had been run over, according to DPS incident reports.

Upon officers’ arrival, they found a man lying in the parking lot. He had suffered scrapes and abrasions on his buttocks and legs, and there was an obvious deformity of his left leg, Sikeston DPS Capt. Bill Mygatt said.

“The subject said his cousin (Kolwyck) had been following him around, and he pulled his vehicle onto the parking lot of the business. He said he was in the drive through, and his cousin pulled up behind him, revving his engine,” Mygatt said.

The subject said he pulled away, and his cousin continued to follow him. He pulled onto Reuben Street, stopped the vehicle and got out to confront Kolwyck, Mygatt said.

“Apparently the victim got out of the vehicle and started walking toward the suspect’s vehicle and punched his front windshield, and that’s when he got run over,” Mygatt said.

According to a witness, Kolwyck backed his vehicle over his cousin after running over him with his vehicle. Kolwyck then left the area.

The victim identified his cousin as Kolwyck and described his vehicle to officers. Kolwyck later was found at the business and arrested, and his vehicle was towed.

The victim was treated at a hospital for fractures to his left leg, Mygatt said.

Kolwyck was released on $35,000 bond.