Drive-by shooting
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The defendant, Deonray J. Fisk, 26, has been charged with two counts of possession of drugs at Warren County Jail.
?We routinely conduct shakedowns to find contraband, drugs, weapons, things of that nature,? said Sheriff Jackie Matheny. ?It was during one of the shakedowns of his cell that we found the drugs. How he got them in, we don?t know.?
The drugs found in Fisk?s possession included Hydrocodone and marijuana. The charges were to be settled in General Sessions Court this past week. However, given the fact the drugs were smuggled into a penal institution, the cases are felonies which cannot be settled in General Sessions Court. A hearing date has been set to address the drug charges against Fisk.
The new charges come as Fisk was awaiting trial on attempted first-degree murder charges for shooting a Sparta man during a drive-by shooting last December on Sparta Highway.
Specifically, Fisk is accused of shooting David Estrada after pulling alongside the pickup in which he was a passenger on the evening of Dec. 23. Estrada said Fisk had confronted him and friends minutes earlier inside Wal-Mart, calling them ?Loco Mexicans.?
The victim said he was hit in the hip when the drive-by shooter fired into his pickup. Lawmen have not revealed whether they believe the shooting was a hate crime or if it occurred as an offshoot of the earlier confrontation.
Along with that shooting, lawmen also suspect Fisk shot at a house on Spring Valley Road as an act of random gunfire.