Newberry deputies arrest suspect in domestic issue involving firearm
Newberry Sheriff Foster identified the suspect in yesterday's domestic issue involving a firearm which prompted a lock down at Mid Carolina High/Middle and Prosperity Rikard Elementary School.
Newberry County Sheriff’s Office
NEWBERRY, S.C. (WOLO)— Newberry Sheriff Foster identified the suspect in yesterday’s domestic issue involving a firearm which prompted a lock down at Mid Carolina High/Middle and Prosperity Rikard Elementary School.
Demenous Quinard Bookman, 35, was arrested on pending charges of Attempted Murder after he pulled out a long gun at the intersection of Candy Kitchen Rd. and US 76.
Bookman is also charged with Breach of Peace of a High and Aggravated Nature, Pointing and Presenting a Firearm, Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.
Authorities say he has a criminal history of convictions for Assault and Battery 3rd degree, Shoplifting, Assault and Battery 2nd Degree, Domestic Violence 3rd Degree, and Domestic Violence 2nd Degree.
He is being held at the Newberry County Detention Center.
To read our previous story on this investigation, visit ABC Columbia News.
