Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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Jeffrey Mark Smith, 52, of 138 Center Circle, was arrested Nov. 25 at his home.
According to Davie Sheriff’s Department Capt. J.D. Hartman, a 911 call was received around 11:30 a.m. reporting a woman had been shot at the Center Circle home. “We were told the shooter would be in the yard with the weapons,” Hartman said.
When authorities arrived they found Smith in the yard and several weapons on the front porch. Smith had made the 911 call.
Smith’s wife, Cheri, 46, was found inside the home with multiple gunshot wounds to her body.
“He admitted shooting his wife,” Hartman said.
She was transported by Davie EMS to Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem and Hartman reported as of Sunday evening she was in stable condition.
Smith and his wife were the only two people at the home at the time of the shooting, according to Hartman.
Hartman reported there were domestic issues between the couple and Cheri had told Smith she was going to leave him.
This was not the first time sheriff officials had been involved in the couple’s disputes. Hartman reported in 1999 and 2000 there were incident reports of domestic problems between the two.
Smith is scheduled to appear in Davie District Court on Dec. 6 ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.