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Man stirs trouble from wheelchair
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A man who accosted a deputy from a wheelchair in the hospital parking lot faces assault charges.The suspect, Michael Wayne Pennington, 25, waived his right to preliminary hearing and was bound to the grand jury on charges of assault and disorderly conduct.“I saw him roll up next to my cruiser in a wheelchair,” recalled sheriff’s deputy Dennis Duncan. “He told me he was putting me in his crosshairs and continued to curse and make a fool of himself.”The deputy learned Pennington had been treated and released at the hospital. He also learned there was an outstanding warrant against him for an incident the day before.The warrant claims Pennington forced a woman to give him a ride to his mother’s house to pick up a set of keys.