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Man avoids jail for pointing gun
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A man who put a gun to his sister-in-law’s head has been granted probation for his crime.The defendant, John Dexter Myers, 22, was granted a three-year judicial diversion by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley on the charge of aggravated assault. He will be required to get an alcohol and drug assessment and complete batterer intervention as part of his plea bargain. He can have his criminal record erased once he completes his three years on probation.According to police reports the incident happened as Myers’ wife was trying to get her child from her in-law’s residence.