Drunk Veteran Arrested After Being Found With Semi-Automatic, Suspicious Bag Of Bacon

Story out of Madison Heights, Virginia:

A Madison Heights man accused of wearing a camouflage mask on a neighbor’s property with a firearm and suspicious bag of bacon pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor counts of carrying a gun while intoxicated and trespassing.

Evan Patrick Cater, 31, was given a two-year suspended sentence in Amherst County Circuit Court Wednesday and, as part of a plea deal, agrees to be searched at any time by law enforcement. He also waived his right to possess a firearm for a two-year period and handed his concealed carry permit to a bailiff before leaving the courtroom Wednesday.

Deputies arrested Cater after he was discovered hiding behind a dog kennel on a neighbor’s property on the 200 block of Sage Lane in Madison Heights around 10 p.m. Oct. 18 after Bobby Wood, the property owner, heard his dogs barking and went to investigate.

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Andrew Childress said Wood saw a person in the backyard but couldn’t make out who it was. Wood called 911.

Arriving to the scene, Amherst County Sheriff’s Deputy Susan Jackson spotted Cater lying face down in the woods with a camouflage shirt and camouflage hunting mask and a semi-automatic handgun fully loaded, said Childress. A few feet away was a bag of raw bacon with a sticky, oily substance that later was found to have contained an engine lubricant oil, Childress said.

Cater is a military veteran with no prior criminal history, a factor in the commonwealth not prosecuting a felony charge of wearing a mask in public and two misdemeanor counts of drunk in public and attempting to poison a companion animal, Childress said. If he violates conditions of the plea agreement, he will have two years of jail time hanging over him that can be immediately activated, Childress said. Cont.

Story from - Richmond Times-Dispatch
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