A 36-year-old Searcy man accused of pointing a loaded firearm twice at a Searcy police officer in October and trying to shoot him is expected to begin facing an attempted murder charge in White County Circuit Court on Tuesday, according to 17th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Becky McCoy.
A warrant was issued at the request of the prosecutor Dec. 17 for Nicholas J. Conway on charges of criminal attempt to commit capital murder, a class Y felony; simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, a class Y felony; possession of firearms by certain persons, a class B felony; possession of a defaced firearm, a class D felony; and possession of less than 2 grams of a schedule II controlled substance, namely methamphetamine, a class D felony.
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A 30-year-old Judsonia man was given four years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty for the third time in six years to third-degree domestic battery that occurred in July of each of the years.
Perry Wallingsford accepted a plea deal to the class D felony Dec. 7 in White County Circuit Court, according to 17th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Becky McCoy. According to the affidavit, his other two guilty convictions for third-degree domestic battery followed arrests by Searcy police in July 2015 and Bald Knob police in July 2017.
Wallingsford was being held at the White County Detention Center as of Friday afternoon. He received 148 days of jail credit.