McDavid Man Gets 3 Years In Prison On Assault, Battery, Weapons Charges

October 25, 2011

A McDavid man was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison on domestic violence and weapons charges stemming from a May incident.

Jason Edward Potter, 31, of Purdue Road, was charged with domestic violence aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of battery domestic violence, felony possession of weapon by a convicted felon, and criminal mischief.

After pleading guilty to the charges Monday, Judge Terry Terrell sentenced Potter to a minimum mandatory 36 months in prison for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon along with several other concurrent sentences on the additional charges. He was also ordered to pay $1,020 in court costs and other fees.

After an alleged dispute with his sister over $20 in late May 2011, Potter tackled her. He also used his elbow to break the glass out of gun cabinet, take a .22 caliber revolver, load it and threaten to kill himself and say that the police would have to kill him. He was taken into custody by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office without incident.

The sister, age 29, was transported by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Comments

3 Responses to “McDavid Man Gets 3 Years In Prison On Assault, Battery, Weapons Charges”

  1. Baebae on October 25th, 2011 4:58 pm

    All he wanted was 2 little tens…
    What he got was 3 in the pen….
    So dont loan money to your little sis…
    Or you will end up…. just like this…

  2. JIM W on October 25th, 2011 2:08 pm

    He needs more that the 3 years in prison. He is in serious need of help to control the anger he has or drugs or whatever it may be that causes outburst like that. All this over $20.00 You know there are problems when you let something that small set you off. Besides they need to get him around the corner when he gets where he is going and put a whipping on him like he tried to do to his sister. Just saying what goes around should come back around.

  3. 429SCJ on October 25th, 2011 5:03 am

    All this trouble over $20.00, General Jackson would be flattered. I am glad the sister is alive. I hope Mr Potter gets some help.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News