Road Rage Suspect’s Trial Set For June 2023

Joseph Voisey, the former Bourbon man accused of assaulting a woman last August, has a trial scheduled for June 5-7, 2023 in Dent County.

Voisey, 36, has relocated to Viburnum where he is under house arrest. 

He appeared Aug. 23 before Judge Michael Randazzo.

Randazzo set April 17 as the final date the court will take a guilty plea.

He has been charged with first-degree assault in the alleged attack of Jamie Peters on Aug. 17, 2021 in Bourbon.

Peters suffered a serious head injury and was hospitalized for more than 80 days.

Doctors removed a portion of her skull and she was paralyzed on one side.

The assault happened at Cedar and Pine Streets around 6:50 a.m.

Witnesses said Voisey chased Peters into town from Highway JJ.

Voisey went nearly three months before law enforcement was able to bring him to custody.

Peters’ family members did an independent inquiry to identify him as the suspect.

Cellular phone data, GPS location data and Voisey’s employment time records were used by law enforcement to develop him as the suspect.

Detectives contacted Voisey on Oct. 7, 2021. He did not deny involvement, but declined to say anything about the incident.

Voisey was finally arrested in November.