A Wheeling woman accused of attempting to shoot her husband and later becoming belligerent with police pleaded guilty to lesser included offenses earlier this month.
Sheryl Lynn Henderson, 50, of Ken Mar Addition, Wheeling originally faced charges of wanton endangerment, domestic assault and obstructing an officer for a September incident after 911 dispatchers received a call about a domestic disturbance.
At a hearing this month, the wanton endangerment charge was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought against her again in the future. Additionally, Henderson pleaded guilty to assault, a lesser included offense in the domestic assault charge, and obstructing an officer.
She was sentenced to 30 days on each charge to run concurrent with one another. That sentence was suspended for six months of probation. Henderson's bond was also modified to allow her to have contact with her husband.
The criminal complaint states officers found Henderson and her husband, Ronald Henderson, to be intoxicated. One of the deputies spoke to Ronald Henderson, who said his wife had been drinking all day and had been arguing with him since he had returned home from work.
Ronald Henderson said his wife waved a gun at him but did not know how to fire it. Ronald Henderson said she threw the gun into some trees.
A deputy recovered the gun, a .45-caliber pistol, from the trees. The criminal complaint states the gun was loaded with a full magazine at the time of recovery.
Sheryl Henderson was questioned at the scene, where she allegedly was loud and unruly. She was taken into custody and transported to the Marshall County Sheriff's Department for processing.