Cobb Hit-and-Run Suspects Charged

Cobb Police have arrested two suspects wanted for the death  on Interstate 75 near Windy Hill Road earlier this month. 

Cobb Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Brandon Weston, 32, of Smyrna, and Pamela K. Rice, 41, of East Cobb, were booked on multiple charges Tuesday night and are being held without bail at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. 

Weston has been charged with second degree vehicular homicide, hit and run, tampering with evidence and failure to maintain a lane, as well as three misdemeanor traffic counts. 

Rice, whose home address is listed as 1970 Branch View Drive in East Cobb, also has been charged with second degree vehicular homicide and tampering with evidence, and with being a party to a hit and run. 

Emanuel Mitchell, 31, of Norcross, was killed when a gray or silver Porsche moved into the southbound I-75 lane in which he was traveling. Mitchell was thrown from his motorcycle and was struck by another car, whose driver was not charged. Mitchell died at the scene.

Police  last week about the vehicle they believe was responsible for the accident. Pierce said the break in the case came when someone at a body shop in Alabaster, Ala., noticed a damaged Porsche on the premises and became suspicious.

The individual contacted local police after checking Atlanta news reports about the accident, Pierce said. He said Cobb investigators matched vehicle parts from the accident to the Porsche at the body shop. 

According to Cobb Sheriff's Office booking reports, Weston and Rice were arrested by Cobb Police at his residence at 1208 Cobb Crossing in Smyrna.