Marijuana charge leads prosecutors in capital murder case to request suspect’s bond be revokedPosted by On


Pulaski County prosecutors are calling for the arrest of a 20-year-old capital murder suspect, claiming that he violated his bond conditions last week when Faulkner County sheriff’s deputies found him with a misdemeanor amount of marijuana.

Avron Terrall Ward Britton of Maumelle, also charged with first-degree battery and three counts of attempted capital murder, is accused of shooting up a crossover sport utility vehicle on Ludwig Street in Little Rock, killing driver Dorian Ke’Shon Withers, 18, of North Little Rock two days before Christmas 2020. He had been shot in the head and both legs.

Three others in the vehicle escaped injury while a bystander, 60-year-old Victor Buchanan, a Ludwig Street resident, was wounded. Bullets also struck the home of 90-year-old Grace Washington. Britton was arrested six days later and spent about a year in jail before posting a $500,000 bond.

Britton was already in trouble with the law when Withers was killed. He and three co-defendants were awaiting trial on first-degree battery and aggravated robbery charges over accusations they had robbed and shot a man, 26-year-old Nathaniel Dominic Williams, in May 2019 at the Fair Oaks apartments, 9600 W. 36th St., in Little Rock.

Monday, deputy prosecutor Justin Brown petitioned presiding Judge Karen Whatley to revoke Britton’s $500,000 bond, citing his Jan. 23 encounter with deputies in Greenbrier.

According to the petition, Britton, driving a blue Hyundai Sonata, was stopped on South Broadview…

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