Thursday, May 4, 2023

Life for Aggravated Domestic Violence

 Madison-Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Tyler Culberson, 31, was convicted of two counts of Aggravated Domestic Violence after a two day jury trial in Madison County Circuit Court. Culberson is a violent habitual offender, which mandates a life sentence without parole for each offense. Circuit Judge Bradley Mills ordered that Culberson serve those two life sentences consecutive to one another.


On October 30, 2022, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a car accident on N. Old Canton Road. When officers arrived, they found a car with severe damage to both sides, and a completely splintered power pole. The female driver of the car and an eyewitness to the wreck indicated that her car had been forced off the road by another car. Her car had gone airborne, striking a tree and then a light pole.


Upon further investigation, the female victim stated she had been trying to escape her boyfriend, Tyler Culberson. Culberson had assaulted her the night before at a home in the city of Madison. The victim had bite marks on her face and arms, bruises on the back of her neck, a black eye, and a broken arm. She indicated that she had received all the injuries overnight from Culberson.


The Madison Police Department put a BOLO out for Culberson’s vehicle to surrounding agencies. The next night, the Richland Police Department located the vehicle within their city. Culberson gave officers a fake name and ran from them when they tried to take him into custody. He was eventually located hiding behind a daycare in Richland.


During the trial, the victim detailed the months of abuse from Culberson. She stated she was too afraid to leave him or tell anyone. The victim stated that on the night in question, Culberson had become enraged with jealousy and strangled her, bit her, and punched her multiple times. When he went into the bathroom the next morning, she fled the house and jumped in her car. As she was racing towards help, Culberson came from behind her in his vehicle and forced her car off the road.





The eyewitness to the wreck also testified that she saw the car driven by Culberson speed up behind the victim, cross into the other lane of traffic, and push her off the road with his vehicle. The witness further stated that when she approached the victim’s car, Culberson was screaming obscenities at the female. Culberson fled the accident scene when the witness stated she had called the police for help.


The treating Emergency Room doctor detailed the victim’s multiple injuries. He testified the victim’s arm was broken which is commonly viewed as a defensive wound which occurs when someone is shielding themselves from injury. Multiple officers testified, and the body cam footage from the Richland police chase was played for the jury. Finally, the State put on testimony from a former victim of Culberson’s abuse. He previously abused her in a nearly identical manner in 2016, including choking, biting, and beating her. Culberson was convicted of aggravated domestic violence for these events in Rankin County and released from prison only months before the events for which he was on trial.


At the conclusion of the trial, the Madison County jury was instructed to consider two counts of aggravated domestic violence against the victim. The first was due to him strangling her during the night. The second was due to him attempting to cause bodily injury to her with his vehicle.


After a short deliberation, the jury found Culberson guilty on both counts. Immediately following the verdict, the trial proceeded to a sentencing hearing. The State put on evidence that Culberson had previously been convicted of motor vehicle theft and the aggravated domestic violence from the 2016 incident. Based on his prior criminal history, Judge Mills declared that Culberson was a violent habitual offender, and the only sentence allowed by law was life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.


District Attorney Bramlett stated, “Tyler Culberson has proven to be a danger to women, and society as a whole. He spent almost four years in prison for assaulting a woman in Rankin County. Less than a year after his release, he did it again. The victim in this case is lucky to have survived both the beating and the car wreck. Culberson has never shown any amount for his any of his actions. “


Bramlett continued, “I want to stress how important jury duty is to the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Without jurors, dangerous people like Tyler Culberson will never be stopped. The jurors in this case were attentive throughout the trial, and applied the law to the evidence that was presented to them by the State. They unanimously determined that Culberson was guilty and, because of that, he will never hurt a woman again. I want to thank those jurors for giving their time to perform this critical civic duty. I also want to thank the multiple law enforcement agencies who worked seamlessly together to not only investigate but capture this man. Oftentimes crimes do not stop at a county line, and the fact that we have agencies that help one another makes my office’s job of prosecuting those individuals possible.”


21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tyler spent almost four years in prison and did the exact thing one year later. Tyler must have really missed his friends in prison to go back failing to understand stand that his bunk was taken when he left prison. Now he will have to start over again with some new bunk buddies! Tyler just can’t make it without his male friends. I bet he dreamed about them every night!

I ain’t mad at Tyler for being stuck on stupid. Just glad he is off the streets!

Kingfish said...

He used to work the front desk at the Lakeland Court, oops I meant University of Mississippi Medical Center Wellness Center.

Anonymous said...

See ya Tyler. You will probably make it rough for the rest of us taxpaying folks. Appeals out the ass coming soon.

Anonymous said...

I knew this guy in high school. He was always a wild one but I swear, he didn't become crazy and violent like this until after he started using steroids. Shame...

Anonymous said...

Sounds like another George Bell. Luckily, he wasn't able to kill anyone.

Anonymous said...

He went to prison for beating her ass in 2016 and the idiot stayed with him? Now he’s done it again almost killing her. This same shit will happen to the Mardis lady.

Anonymous said...

@3:39 PM - The 2016 conviction was for a different victim. This punk just like to beat up on women. Maybe he can try beating up on a tranny in prison.

Anonymous said...

maybe he and Mardis can be roommates

Anonymous said...

I hope he rots in jail.

But must say, I am equally fascinated by women who tolerate these men.
I have female friends who decline a 2nd date with a man because his shirt was ugly, but these gals will stay with a man that bites her on the regular.

A lid for every pot I suppose.
And a real lack of self esteem too.

Anonymous said...

Where and how is Mr. “I am the most handsome person alive” “Mardis” spending his time these days? I use to occasionally have a drink on the Lakeland Drive cocktail road, but after being intimidated by this Mardis guy, I stay in Madison county.

Anonymous said...

We're glad he's off the street, we do wish we didn't have to pay room and board, though. Isn't there some other final solution to clean up the streets without some damn exorbitantly expensive price tag to it?

Anonymous said...

Think Todd Mardis will get similar sentence?

Anonymous said...

No, 9:24. The woman referenced in this case testified at length about her abuser. That convinced the jury.

In the other matter, the woman who Todd Mardis owns will not testify AGAINST him but on his behalf.

See the difference?

Anonymous said...

Steroids!

Anonymous said...

Is this the Culberson whose father owns (or owned) a bail bond company locally?

Kingfish said...

Yeah. None of the family showed up in court. He faced this one all alone.

Anonymous said...

Mardis you need to stay out and stay on the down. These judges are playing with DV! The video will add to your time.

Anonymous said...

In addition to the (alleged) steroids, of what other substances was Culbertson a regular user?

At the time he ran his girlfriend off the road, where was Mr. Culbertson's money coming from? Was he employed?

What sort of vehicle did he drive? Was it one of those loud trucks? Did it have one of those giant tailpipes? Was it a "Coal-burner", or whatever those are called? (trying to develop a profile of what sort of being chooses to drive those things)

During what year(s), was Culbertson working the desk at the Court...UMMC-whatever?

Oh, and can someone translate the 8:12AM comment?

Anonymous said...

Funny to me that murderers, car jackers, rapists etc... don't get life in Hinds County.

Anonymous said...

The start contrast in judicial systems from Madison to Jackson is not shocking to me.
The city has made it abundantly clear that they are proud to be soft on crime and will fight to remain so.

What is shocking to me, is why anyone would choose to raise a family in Jackson.

I prefer a strong court system that responds with severity to thugs like this that repeatedly break laws.

Anonymous said...

9:24 and 6:51

Culberson was a violent habitual offender, thus the life sentence upon conviction. If a defendant has two prior convictions, and one of them is violent (e.g., aggravated domestic violence), and he served more than a year on the previous convictions, he gets life on the third conviction if the State seeks it, which they obviously did here. The judge has no option but to give the perp life without parole.

Mardis will not get life because, as I understand it, he has no prior felony convictions.


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