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A Cape man found guilty of assault

Aug 02, 2012 -- 4:47pm

 

A Cape man is found guilty this week in Jackson for assault.  29-year-old Jimmy Bell and 32-year-old Seth Summers were charged with 1st-degree assault and armed criminal action charges.  23-year-old Joshua Abernathie was shot in the left side of the head on County Road 5-35 near Neely's Landing last August.  All three drove out there together, parked on a county road and were drinking alcohol when Bell displayed a handgun.  He shot Abernathie, who then stumbled to a neighbor's house for help.  Bell and Summers were arrested after leaving the scene.  A jury found Bell guilty in June.  He received 50-years total in state prison.  Summers was found guilty by jury Thursday before Judge William Syler.  He will be sentenced September 17th.

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