Additional charges leveled in Bloomfield murder case

CENTER – A Bloomfield woman has been charged with an additional felony stemming from the double murder at a Bloomfield business in February.

The Knox County Attorney’s Office has filed another charge - accessory to a felony - against 28-year-old Kaylynn Sweazy.

The charge was filed last week in Knox County District Court. She had already been charged with tampering with physical evidence for allegedly disposing of the shotgun used in the Feb. 20 double killings of Curt Strom, 77, Bloomfield, and William Reffett, 49, Center.

The new charge alleges Sweazy had the intent to hinder, delay or prevent the discovery and apprehension of 25-year-old Alias Reed, who is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of using a firearm to commit a felony.

The next court hearing in her case was set for July 30 with a tentative trial date set for mid-August.

Reed is currently undergoing mental health treatment at the Lincoln Regional Center after the court found him not competent to stand trial. However, it’s believed with treatment his competency could be restored.

The court set a hearing date in his case for July 18.

According to court documents, Reed walked into Curt’s Lanes and Dining the morning of Feb. 20 – his third time visiting Strom’s business that day – with the shotgun concealed inside a cardboard box, initiated an argument with Reffett and then shot him. Mome Moments later, Reed allegedly shot Strom.

Sweazy allegedly traveled with Reed to help dispose of the shotgun used in the crime. Based on information from Sweazy, law enforcement officials later located the shotgun in a ditch by a rural county road near Center.