MADISONVILLE-A Madisonville man was originally charged with aggravated assault, a grand jury kicked it up to attempted second-degree murder, but he ended up pleading to the original charge after the state decided it couldn't make the second charge stick.

Aaron Paul Craig, 35, Sweetwater/Vonore Road, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault and felony evading arrest, receiving a combined five years at 30 percent. Craig has already spent five months in jail, meaning he will be eligible for parole in about a year and a half.

Craig was arrested on Oct. 13 last year after a fight in the Walmart parking lot. Madisonville Sergeant Chris Wilburn said it was just before 9:30 p.m. Friday night when he responded to the fight and saw the victim lying on the ground. Wilburn said witnesses told him the person responsible was pulling out of the parking lot in a silver Dodge Durango.

See full story in the Sunday, Feb. 24, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.