Two jailed after 18-year-old allegedly tries to run down man

A car driven by a Parker man was struck at least once in a incident that the Linn County Attorney has called attempted murder in the second degree. (Submitted photo)

Correction: Our original version of this story stated that Chazz Oman had a photo of the victim in his possesion. Instead he just requested a photo. The story has been updated to reflect that. We regret the error.

By Roger Sims, rsims@linncountyjournal.com

PARKER – Two men with ties to Parker are in the Linn County jail following an incident on Monday morning, March 31, when one of the men allegedly used his car as a weapon to try to kill the other man. 

According to Undersheriff Bobby Johnson, 25-year-old Chazz Oman of Parker was standing outside the driver’s door of his car, which was parked at the Parker Library before it opened, when a vehicle driven by 18-year-old Keiden Williams of Centerville drove at Oman. Oman was able to get out of the way, however, William’s vehicle struck Oman’s vehicle at least one time, according to Johnson.

Keiden Williams

So how did both the alleged assailant and his victim end up in jail? Johnson said Oman allegedly asked a 16-year-old Parker girl for a photo that he apparently planned to post on the internet. Williams, whom the victim says is "like a big brother," allegedly retaliated with by assaulting Oman with his vehicle.

Both Williams and Oman were arraigned on Wednesday, April 2.

Williams was charged for alleged attempted murder in the second degree, failure to report an accident with an unattended vehicle, reckless driving, operating a vehicle without registration or with an expired tag, no vehicle liability insurance and criminal damage to property without consent. His bail was set at $250,000.

Oman was charged with alleged attempt sexual exploitation of a child and possession of media image of a child. His bond was set at $500,000.

Chazz Oman

According to Jason Webber, chair of the Parker Library board of directors and mayor of Parker, Oman is known to use the library’s free internet access outside of the building when the library was closed. He said that Monday’s event pointed out the need to reconsider the policy of allowing its internet use outside the library.