BORDERLAND

2nd man charged in beating death indicted

5/21/2014
BLADE STAFF

The second man charged in the beating death of a Toledo man was indicted Tuesday by a Lucas County grand jury.

Roderick Colbert, 20, of 985 Post St., was indicted for murder and felonious assault stemming from an April 12 assault on Jeffrey Miller-Lee, 27, and his subsequent death April 15.

Jerome Carter, 26, of 2520 Monroe St., was previously indicted on the same charges for the fatal beating which occurred outside 417 Cumberland Place. Police said Mr. Miller-Lee was repeatedly punched and kicked in his head and body then thrown 8 feet onto a sidewalk.