California fugitive arrested after incident in Downtown Shelby
(SHELBY) – TWO FUGITIVES FROM CALIFORNIA ARE IN CUSTODY IN SHELBY
AFTER CAUSING A DISTURBANCE IN DOWNTOWN SHELBY AND ALLEGEDLY FIRING
A SHOT WITH A HAND GUN AT AN INDIVIDUAL LAST NIGHT.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT WHICH THE TOOLE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS STARTED WHEN A CONCERNED CITIZEN REPORTED
THAT A WANTED FUGITIVE WAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, “WAS ANGRY, UPSET AND
THREATENING PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE SHELBY MAIN STREET BARS.:
INFORMATION LATER CAME IN BEFORE THE MAN HAD BEEN LOCATED THAT
HE HAD “FIRED A GUN AT AN INDIVIDUAL.”
THE SUBJECT WAS LATER TRACKED TO A RESIDENCE ON SHELBY’S NORTHEAST
SIDE. OFFICERS EVACUATED SEVERAL ADJOINING RESIDENCES AND BY ABOUT 1:45 AM
THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THE MAN IN CUSTODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 36-YEAR OLD NICHOLAS WILLIAM
NORTON, CHARGED WITH PROBATION VIOLATION OUT OF CALIFORNIA, A CONVICT IN
POSESSION OF A FIREARM AND OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER.
ALSO ARRESTED WAS 43-YEAR OLD ECHO CHERIE BROWN-NORTON ON CHARGES
OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND POSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED PERSON.
TOOLE COUNTY SHERIFF DONNA WHITT SAYS THE MATTER INVOLVING THE
DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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