Local pastor arrested on felony wanton endangerment

WEST VIRGINIA
Coal Valley News

MADISON — A local pastor was arrested on a wanton endangerment charge following an incident involving his wife on Friday, May 30, 2014, at his home in Madison.

William Wayne Meadows, 67, of Court Street in Madison, was arrested on the felony wanton endangerment charge after police said he discharged a pistol inside a bedroom in his home with his wife in the same room.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Boone County Magistrate Court, police responded to a 911 call about a person shooting a firearm inside of a residence.

Meadows allegedly asked his wife to kill him and after she refused he fired a .25 caliber handgun inside the home.

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