ON MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008, THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A
911 CALL FROM A RESIDENCE ON JACKSON 1230, WHICH IS SOUTH OF NEWPORT OFF OF
HIGHWAY 14. THE ORIGINAL CALL WAS THAT A SUBJECT WAS ARMED WITH A GUN AND
THREATENING TO SHOOT HIMSELF. OFFICERS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
ARRIVED MOMENTS AFTER RECEIVING THE CALL AND SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THE
RESIDENCE. A SHORT TIME LATER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS STILL
ARMED AND HAD FLED THE RESIDENCE PRIOR TO OFFICERS ARRIVING. OFFICERS THEN
LOCATED THE SUSPECT NEAR HIS RESIDENCE ON JACKSON 189 AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AND A .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN WAS RECOVERED AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST.
THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING BILLY EDWARD MCCLENDON OF NEWPORT.
UPON INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWING THE VICTIM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MCCLENDON
WENT TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE AND DEMANDED ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE. UPON
ENTERING THE RESIDENCE, MCCLENDON ATTACKED THE VICTIM, THREATENED THE VICTIM
AND DAMAGED SOME ITEMS IN THE RESIDENCE. ALSO WHILE AT THE RESIDENCE,
MCCLENDON TOOK A .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND LEFT THE RESIDENCE BEFORE OFFICERS
COULD ARRIVE.
ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2008, BILLY EDWARD MCCLENDON APPEARED IN NEWPORT
DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF BREAKING OR ENTERING, THEFT OF PROPERTY, BEING
A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, TERRORISTIC THREATENING IN THE FIRST
DEGREE AND DOMESTIC BATTERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE. HIS BOND WAS SET AT
$50,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.