THE TRIAL OF A LE MARS MAN CHARGED WITH 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
25-YEAR-OLD REESE HARMS WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY OF 2024 FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING 44 YEAR OLD MICHAEL GOMEZ AT A LE MARS APARTMENT.
COURT DOCUMENTS STATE THAT THE TWO MEN WERE IN A DISPUTE WHICH RESULTED IN HARMS PLACING GOMEZ IN A CHOKE HOLD, WHICH RENDERED HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSED HIM TO STOP BREATHING.
GOMEZ LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
HARMS HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES, AND HIS ATTORNEY, IN A RECENT COURT FILING, GAVE NOTICE OF HIS INTENT TO RELY ON SELF-DEFENSE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DEFENDANT’S ACTIONS.
THE JURY TRIAL WILL BEGIN AT 9 AM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH, IN THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
