<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1yrLSw_0mbAaB3p00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1yrLSw_0mbAaB3p00" width="1000" height="666" ><figcaption></figcaption></figure> A Chester Gap man has been arrested by Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) deputies after an apparent shooting incident Wednesday afternoon in the northern Rappahannock village. John Arthur Stocks, 55, who lives on Hunter Avenue, has been charged with reckless handling of a firearm attempting to cause serious injury (class 6 felony) and brandishing or pointing a firearm at a person (class 1 misdemeanor. Combined, if convicted, Stocks faces five years in prison and 12 months in jail and a fine up to $2,500. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> According to Sheriff Connie Compton, county dispatch got a call around 4 p.m. RCSO Deputy David Meade headed to the village where he found Stocks shooting outdoors in the neighborhood. He later obtained a search warrant and among items confiscated were several weapons. Sheriff Compton added Deputy Meade had assistance from Warren County Sheriff’s Office. "There weren’t any major injuries,” the sheriff said. Stocks had an arraignment hearing Thursday morning via video from Rappahannock-Warren-Shenandoah Regional Jail in Front Royal. The judge declined bond for Stocks and scheduled a preliminary hearing for 9:30 a.m., August 1, 2023 in Rappahannock County General District Court. </div></body>

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	A Chester Gap man has been arrested by Rappahannock County
Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) deputies after an apparent shooting incident Wednesday afternoon
in the northern Rappahannock village.
	John Arthur Stocks, 55, who lives on Hunter Avenue, has been
charged with reckless handling of a firearm attempting to cause serious injury (class
6 felony) and brandishing or pointing a firearm at a person (class 1
misdemeanor. Combined, if convicted, Stocks faces five years in prison and 12
months in jail and a fine up to $2,500.
	According to Sheriff Connie Compton, county dispatch got a call
around 4 p.m.
	RCSO Deputy David Meade headed to the village where he found
Stocks shooting outdoors in the neighborhood. He later obtained a search
warrant and among items confiscated were several weapons.
	Sheriff Compton added Deputy Meade had assistance from
Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
	\"There weren’t any major injuries,” the sheriff said.
	Stocks had an arraignment hearing Thursday morning via video
from Rappahannock-Warren-Shenandoah Regional Jail in Front Royal. The judge
declined bond for Stocks and scheduled a preliminary hearing for 9:30 a.m.,
August 1, 2023 in Rappahannock County General District Court. 
	



Chester Gap man charged after firing weapon in his neighborhood

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	A Chester Gap man has been arrested by Rappahannock County
Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) deputies after an apparent shooting incident Wednesday afternoon
in the northern Rappahannock village.
	John Arthur Stocks, 55, who lives on Hunter Avenue, has been
charged with reckless handling of a firearm attempting to cause serious injury (class
6 felony) and brandishing or pointing a firearm at a person (class 1
misdemeanor. Combined, if convicted, Stocks faces five years in prison and 12
months in jail and a fine up to $2,500.
	According to Sheriff Connie Compton, county dispatch got a call
around 4 p.m.
	RCSO Deputy David Meade headed to the village where he found
Stocks shooting outdoors in the neighborhood. He later obtained a search
warrant and among items confiscated were several weapons.
	Sheriff Compton added Deputy Meade had assistance from
Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
	"There weren’t any major injuries,” the sheriff said.
	Stocks had an arraignment hearing Thursday morning via video
from Rappahannock-Warren-Shenandoah Regional Jail in Front Royal. The judge
declined bond for Stocks and scheduled a preliminary hearing for 9:30 a.m.,
August 1, 2023 in Rappahannock County General District Court. 
	

