Naaman Adcock
By Dianna F. Dandridge-Rystrom
Staff Writer
A Fort Smith, Ark., police
officer, Naaman Adcock, and his wife Tabitha Adcock, who live in Sequoyah
County, were arrested Tuesday and charged with numerous felony firearms charges
and child endangerment.
According to Sheriff Ron
Lockhart, deputies responded to a call of shots being fired at a house north of
Muldrow.
Lockhart said a five-year-old child had asked neighbors for
help.
Deputies determined the couple
had argued and both parents had fired a gun, while intoxicated, with the
children in the house.
On Thursday, deputies served a
search warrant at the Adcock home and found video equipment that might have
recorded the incidence.
Lockhart said the new evidence
will be sent to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for analysis.
Deputies reported that Tabitha
Adcock did not want the children talking to the deputies and that her version
of the incident was different from that of her husband.
Deputies removed all firearms
from the house and allowed the children and Tabitha Adcock to go to a family
member's home until a forensic interview could be scheduled.
Naaman Adcock was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm while intoxicated,
reckless conduct with a firearm, feloniously pointing a firearm and child
endangerment.
Tabitha Adcock was charged with
failure to protect, child endangerment, possession of a firearm while
intoxicated and reckless conduct with a firearm.
The Adcocks were booked into
the Sequoyah County Jail. His bond was set at $24,000 and hers is $14,000.Both
bonded out on Wednesday.
According to Sgt. Daniel
Grubbs, Fort Smith Police Department, public information officer, Naaman Adcock
resigned Wednesday.
The Fort Smith Police
Department closed further investigation against Adcock, upon his resignation.
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