AUGUSTA — One of four people charged after gunshots erupted in the parking lot of an Augusta Wal-Mart this summer pleaded no contest to a reduced charge Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Diana M. Davis, 29, of Rochester, New York, and two others charged in the incident were in the same courtroom Wednesday for separate hearings at the Capital Judicial Center.
Davis originally was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault stemming from an exchange of gunfire between people in two vehicles in the parking lot. Armed civilian bystanders intervened and broke up what police said was a dispute over money and drugs. No one was injured.
Davis had been accused of causing serious bodily injury to Reginald McBride by hitting him with a firearm. That aggravated assault charge was dismissed by the state Wednesday and Davis pleaded to a lesser assault charge.
Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh said the joint recommendation was for a 100-day jail sentence and said Davis had been held for longer at the Kennebec County jail before being freed in November on personal recognizance bail. Justice Robert Mullen also suspended the $300 fine because Davis had no prior criminal record.
Davis’ brother, Frankie Dejesus, 28, also of Rochester, was indicted on a charge of attempted murder in the incident. Mullen denied a request to lower his $25,000 bail.
McBride, 39, of New York City was in court for a hearing in which the state agreed to personal recognizance bail on the pending state charges — which include attempted murder and aggravated drug trafficking — because he was being taken into federal custody.
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