Smyrna Hit-and-Run Suspect 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 Marietta, 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 three felony counts: vehicular homicide, hit and run and failure to maintain a lane; as well as three misdemeanor traffic counts. 

Rice has been charged with vehicular homicide, tampering with evidence and 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 on his motorcycle. Mitchell was thrown from his bike 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.