WIFE SHOT AT; HUSBAND HELD.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - A Lancaster man fired two or three shots at his wife in front of their home after an argument, chased her to a neighbor's house, and tried to pull her into a van before driving off, sheriff's deputies said. Rodney Jennings, 34, was arrested minutes later in an Albertson's supermarket parking lot a quarter-mile away, deputies said Friday. ``I'm just glad we were able to catch up to this guy,'' Deputy Frank Jinright said. ``If he was willing to shoot at his wife, there's no telling what else he might (do).'' Jennings was booked at the Lancaster sheriff's station on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. spousal spou·sal adj. 1. Of or relating to marriage; nuptial. 2. Of or relating to a spouse. n. Marriage; nuptials. Often used in the plural. assault, attempted kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and robbery. His wife, whose name was not released, was not hurt, deputies said. Deputies said they didn't know what the argument was about. Jennings was booked on suspicion of robbery as well as the other charges because he pulled his wife's purse PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t. from her shoulder before driving away, deputies said. |
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