(WAYNESVILLE)--A SECOND MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A PICKUP TRUCK AND RIDING LAWN MOWER APRIL 29TH NEAR DIXON. 67-YEAR-OLD ARNOLD BASSETT OF DIXON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND RELEASED ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
BASSETT WAS CHARGED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTING ATTORNEY MICHAEL A. ANDERSON OF TEXAS COUNTY. ANDERSON WAS APPOINTED SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BY CIRCUIT JUDGE MARY W. SHEFFIELD AFTER PULASKI COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DEBORAH (duh-BORE-uh) HOOPER ASKED THE COURT FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. HOOPER SAID SHE KNEW BASSETT'S SON BECAUSE THEY BOTH ATTENDED THE SAME CHURCH.
THE SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST ARNOLD BASSETT ALLEGES THAT HE KNOWINGLY ATTEMPTED TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO DALE SAUNCHEGROW BY INTENTIONALLY DRIVING HIS TRUCK FORWARD INTO A RIDING LAWNMOWER OCCUPIED BY SAUNCHEGROW.
SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, DALE SAUNCHEGROW WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE CASE. HOWEVER, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ANDERSON HAS REVISED THE CHARGES AGAINST SAUNCHEGROW. THE AMENDED CHARGES ALLEGE ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION.
COURT DOCUMENTS CLAIM THAT SAUNCHEGROW KNOWINGLY ATTEMPTED TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO ARNOLD BASSETT BY FIRING A FIREARM INTO A TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY BASSETT.
BASSETT'S CASE IS BEING HEARD BY JUDGE DOUG GASTON OF TEXAS COUNTY. BOTH JUDGES COLIN LONG AND GREG WARREN HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM PRESIDING OVER THE CASE.
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BASSETT WAS CHARGED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTING ATTORNEY MICHAEL A. ANDERSON OF TEXAS COUNTY. ANDERSON WAS APPOINTED SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BY CIRCUIT JUDGE MARY W. SHEFFIELD AFTER PULASKI COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY DEBORAH (duh-BORE-uh) HOOPER ASKED THE COURT FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. HOOPER SAID SHE KNEW BASSETT'S SON BECAUSE THEY BOTH ATTENDED THE SAME CHURCH.
THE SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST ARNOLD BASSETT ALLEGES THAT HE KNOWINGLY ATTEMPTED TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO DALE SAUNCHEGROW BY INTENTIONALLY DRIVING HIS TRUCK FORWARD INTO A RIDING LAWNMOWER OCCUPIED BY SAUNCHEGROW.
SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, DALE SAUNCHEGROW WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE CASE. HOWEVER, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ANDERSON HAS REVISED THE CHARGES AGAINST SAUNCHEGROW. THE AMENDED CHARGES ALLEGE ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION.
COURT DOCUMENTS CLAIM THAT SAUNCHEGROW KNOWINGLY ATTEMPTED TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO ARNOLD BASSETT BY FIRING A FIREARM INTO A TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY BASSETT.
BASSETT'S CASE IS BEING HEARD BY JUDGE DOUG GASTON OF TEXAS COUNTY. BOTH JUDGES COLIN LONG AND GREG WARREN HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM PRESIDING OVER THE CASE.
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