Wesley Dickerson of Norfork, who was shot and wounded by his brother as part of a several-day-old dispute between the men about four years ago, is now himself charged with threatening to shoot members of his family.
He entered a not guilty plea Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court to the charges against him through his lawyer, Mark Cooper. He was ordered to reappear August 2nd. He is currently free on $15,000 bond.
The recent incident involving Wesley Dickerson took place at the 71-year-old’s residence along Sheid Road in Norfork May 22nd.
Baxter County deputies were called to the residence to investigate reports of a potentially violent domestic altercation involving firearms.
When the deputies arrived, they found a number of people in the front yard of the residence. The people yelled at the deputies and told them to take cover because there was a person inside the residence with a rifle.
The wife of Wesley Dickerson told deputies her husband had been drinking and had gotten into an altercation with Daniel Dickerson. She said when the fight broke out, there were children present, but family members came to the residence and removed them from the property for their own safety.
In addition to having firearms pointed at him, it was reported Wesley Dickerson had hit Daniel Dickerson with a cane. Deputies reported Daniel Dickerson had a bloody cut across his face where the cane had struck him.
Wesley Dickerson’s wife reported she had tried to break up the fight between her husband and Daniel Dickerson. She said Wesley Dickerson had shoved her down and punched her several times.
After getting information from some of the victims, deputies moved the people who had been in the yard behind one of the barns on the property.
All parties on the scene told deputies they had seen Wesley Dickerson point weapons at people multiple times. They told deputies there was a number of weapons in the house to which Wesley Dickerson had access.
Once family members were in places of safety, the deputies began to establish a perimeter around the residence. They reported a male emerged from the house staggering and carrying bags and weapons. The male subject was reported to be slurring his speech and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. The male was identified by those present as Wesley Dickerson.
Wesley Dickerson was alleged to have told deputies he had been involved in the altercation, but they reported nothing else he said beyond that statement “made much sense.”
Deputies took control of Wesley Dickerson, and the weapons he was carrying and placed him under arrest.
The tables were basically turned during an incident in early July 2014 when it was Wesley Dickerson who had been threatened and then shot by a relatives — his younger brother, then 58-year-old Charles Dickerson.
According to court records, Wesley Dickerson drove to the home of his younger brother on July 5, 2014. Charles Dickerson ordered his older brother off his property and threatened to shoot him if he did not comply.
Authorities believe Charles Ray Dickerson then fired a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun while standing near the front door of his residence.
Deputies said evidence at the scene showed Wesley Dickerson was sitting in his pickup truck about 40-to-50-feet away from where the shot was fired. The blast damaged the truck’s door frame and shattered glass while striking Wesley Dickerson in the face and upper body. The injured man drove himself to his residence off Sheid Road.
He was then airlifted to UAMS in Little Rock.
During the family squabble in 2014, Wesley Dickerson told officers there had been an on-going dispute between the two men over a $300 debt. Wesley Dickerson said he had driven to his brother’s home to see if the siblings could work out their differences.
Wesley Dickerson said he was prepared to forgive the debt if that would assist in repairing the riff between the brothers.
Charles Dickerson was sentenced to 10 years in prison in January 2105. He is currently reported out of custody.
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