Mr. Burkett, said to be unemployed, filed paperwork indicating he cannot afford an attorney and needs the court to appoint one for him. A preliminary hearing is set for 2 p.m. Monday at Butler County Area II Court in West Chester. Mr. Burkett's parents and Ms. Dellatte didn't return messages seeking comment Tuesday. Friends on Monday said Mr. Burkett was drifting through life and felt overwhelmed by troubles with his parents, ex-girlfriend and unemployment. He earlier had pleaded no contest to those charges.
Police records show several other minor run-ins with the law.
Warrants were issued for his arrest recently after he failed to appear on charges that his bicycle lacked proper signaling devices and that he was driving a car with fictitious license plates. Man arraigned in shooting at Franklin plant Mason basks in hoopla Miami Twp. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.