Probate judge assault suspect pleads guilty

A Samson man facing a felony assault charge for allegedly striking the Geneva County Commission chairman with his walking cane pleaded guilty to a lesser harassment charge.

Court records show 67-year-old Edsel Eugene Bonds pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor harassment charge in front of Circuit Court Judge P.B. McLaughlin in Geneva County.

Samson police arrested Bonds and charged him with felony second-degree assault on Sept. 4, 2013. Police charged Bonds with assault on Geneva County Probate Judge and Commission Chairman Fred Hamic, which happened on Aug. 30, 2013.

Police charged Bonds with using his walking cane to strike Hamic in the face. Bonds apparently went to strike Hamic a second time, but Hamic managed to take the cane away from Bonds.

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Probate judge assault suspect pleads guilty