Gonzalez, Salazar and Smith have pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and Moreno pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. O'Connor said that he and Sowell had decided earlier that day to travel to Lee Street to see if they could find a pickup belonging to Abelardo Gonzalez, a suspect in a drug trafficking investigation who - along with Enrique Salazar-Pacheco, Richard Smith, and Jose Alonso Mena Moreno - was later named in the same indictment with Davidson. just off of Woodson Lateral Road in far south Pulaski County. O'Connor and Sowell spent Wednesday morning on the stand recounting the events that transpired that afternoon as the two were conducting surveillance along Lee St.

Records said a confidential informant provided information that eventually led investigators to Davidson, leading to his arrest on Dec. As they were driving back toward Woodson Lateral Road, records said, the two saw a heavyset, light-skinned man, later identified as Davidson, emerge from the wood line next to Lee Street carrying a camouflaged long gun and walk to the middle of the street.Īs the two passed by the man, records said, he yelled at them to stop, then raised the camouflaged long gun, took aim at the rear of the SUV the men were in and fired, hitting the rear bumper. 16, 2021, ATF Agent James O'Connor and DEA Task Force Officer Johnny Sowell were conducting surveillance in an area along Woodson Lateral Road and attempted to turn the black SUV they were in around after turning down a narrow, dead-end dirt road. Jackie Davidson, 51, of Woodson, is facing counts of use of a deadly weapon to assault a federal law enforcement officer, attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and two counts of using, brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and could face 40 years or more in prison if convicted on all charges.Īccording to court documents, just before 4:30 p.m.

Testimony began Wednesday in the federal assault and attempted murder trial of a Pulaski County man accused of attempting to kill two undercover federal agents as they drove past him on a rural one-lane road 18 months ago.

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