Man accused of shooting Randolph County deputy pleads guilty to charges
LINN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Linn County judge will decide the sentence a Moberly man will serve for shooting a Randolph County deputy.
Jason Garner pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges of second-degree assault and resisting arrest by fleeing. Judge Terry Tschannen will take sentencing Garner on the charges under advisement. The case was moved to Linn County on a venue change.
A sentencing hearing isn't yet scheduled.
On March 27, investigators arrested Garner after he attacked a woman at a home in the 600 block of Adams Street in Moberly.
Garner grabbed a Randolph County deputy's gun during his arrest and shot another deputy in the leg, according to court documents. The injured deputy required surgery but is expected to recover.
A Randolph County judge sentenced Garner to 10 years in prison for a second-degree domestic assault charge. That charge stemmed from the attack on the woman. Garner is serving that sentence in the Jefferson City Correctional Center, according to online prison records.
