‘Bulla Man’ charged with murder of man found with chop wounds in river in Westmoreland

Twenty-nine-year-old Tevaughn Patterson, otherwise called ‘Bulla Man’, of Bath Mountain district, Frome, Westmoreland, has been charged with the murder of a man whose body was found with chop wounds in a river in the community in March 2021.

The deceased was identified as 58-year-old Anthony Goodlet, otherwise called ‘Pally Dread’, a resident of the community.

Reports from the Frome police are that on Friday, March 12, 2021, residents discovered Goodlet’s body in a river in the area and alerted the police.

Officers responded and saw Goodlet lying on his back in a pool of blood with chop wounds to his head and upper body.

The scene was processed, after which the body was removed from the water and transported to the morgue pending a post-mortem examination.

According to the police, investigations later revealed that Patterson, Goodlet, and another man reportedly got into an argument, during which the men attacked Goodlet with a machete.

Patterson was taken into custody on Tuesday, March 10, 2025, during a targeted operation in Bath Mountain.

He was formally charged after a warrant on information was executed against him.

His court date is being finalised.

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