KAUFMAN, Texas — On two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant, a Kaufman man was sentenced to 20 years and 30 years in prison before Kaufman County 86th District Court Judge Casey Blair — having pled guilty to one count and found guilty by a jury in the other.
KAUFMAN, Texas — On two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant, a Kaufman man was sentenced to 20 years and 30 years in prison before Kaufman County 86th District Court Judge Casey Blair — having pled guilty to one count and found guilty by a jury in the other.
Earlier this year, police say then-49-year-old Michael Wayne Etheredge shot his adult son multiple times before holding police at bay in an armed standoff for nearly nine hours at his home in the 1300 block of Main Street.
His son, who was airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, later recovered from his injuries.
At the time of the original incident in January 2016, Kaufman Police Department Captain Ed Black said the disturbance took place outside the home and, upon officers’ arrival, Etheredge retreated back into the home where he fired approximately 30 to 35 rounds at police over the course of the nearly nine-hour standoff.
The standoff drew responses from several area law enforcement agencies including the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) SWAT, KCSO K-9 units, a Texas Department of Public Safety SWAT team, and two armored vehicles.
In October 2016, Etheredge stood trial before 86th District Court Judge Casey Blair where he was found guilty on one count of aggravated assault against a public servant and, in November 2016, Etheredge pled guilty to the second count.
Etheredge was sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $300 in court costs in the first case and sentenced to 20 years and ordered to pay $296 in court costs in the second.
Etheredge was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of his son which was later dismissed, according to court records.
Etheredge remains jailed at the Kaufman County Jail where he awaits transfer to the Texas Department of Corrections.
