The case against a man accused of shooting a local television weatherman with a crossbow in a home invasion last week was sent to a Washington County grand jury this morning.
In Washington County Sessions Court, Judge James Nidiffer bound over Gerald D. Taylor, 53, on an attempted murder charge for the June 4 shooting of Robert William Batot, 43, at a lakefront residence the men had shared.
Taylor was accused of shooting Batot with a crossbow bolt and firing a 9mm pistol at him around 4 a.m.
Batot, known professionally as Rob Williams in his job as a meteorologist at WJHL-TV, was struck in the chest with the bolt. Williams was not hit by any bullets.
Read the full story on the Johnson City Press Web site.
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Man accused of crossbow attack on local TV weatherman bound over to grand jury
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