Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Lance Joseph Parker, 29, is charged with threatening a judicial official and aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Courtesy of Carroll County Sheriffs Office
A Green Forest man who was arrested in August 2019 after allegedly threatening a circuit court judge suffers from mental disease but has the capacity to understand the legal proceedings against him and to effectively assist in his defense, according to a doctor who examined him last month.
Lance Joseph Parker, 29, is charged with threatening a judicial official and aggravated assault on a family or household member. He was arrested on Aug. 9, 2019, at a residence on Carroll County Road 955, according to court documents. The arrest came less than three hours after Parker allegedly made threats toward Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson during a phone call with probation/parole officer Suzanne Villines.