PORT ANGELES — Keith Roberson, a Sequim man charged with firing a semi-automatic handgun at a South Barr Road resident and pointing the weapon at another man in February, will not go to trial as scheduled Aug. 8.
Defense attorney Ralph Anderson told Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brian Coughenour on Friday that he was working on a resolution to the case.
A resolve/reset hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Roberson, 55, is charged with first-degree assault while armed with a firearm and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon while armed with a firearm.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office alleged that Roberson was going from house to house knocking on doors at about 4 a.m. Feb. 17 when he was confronted by a neighbor.
Roberson allegedly fired the weapon at the man from about 40 feet away, missing him by about 8 feet and leaving a hole in a fence.
Roberson then entered a nearby residence and pointed the gun at another man who had grandchildren staying with him, deputies alleged in the affidavit for probable cause.
The man told investigators that Roberson said: “If I’m going out, I’m not going out alone,” according to the arrest report.
Roberson was arrested in a nearby carport.
He is being held in the Clallam County jail on $250,000 bail.
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