Salisbury Woman Arrested After Domestic Altercation

Location: Sports at the Beach, 22518 Lewes-Georgetown Highway, Georgetown, DE

 

Date of Occurrence: Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.

 

Victim: 

 

-47 year old Salisbury, Maryland man

 

Defendant:  

 

-Merri D. Wagner, 42, Salisbury, Maryland

 

Charges and Arraignment Information:

 

-Aggravated Menacing

-Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony

 

Arraigned at JP Court 3 and then committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution for lack of $7000.00 secured bail.

 

Resume: 

Georgetown, DE- Delaware State Police detectives have arrested a Salisbury, Maryland woman after she confronted her husband with a gun during a domestic altercation in Georgetown yesterday afternoon.

 

The incident occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. after state police were called to the Sports at the Beach Complex located in the 22000 block of Lewes-Georgetown Highway, in Georgetown, DE, for the report of a domestic incident involving a gun. Upon their arrival, troopers learned that Merri Wagner, 42, of Salisbury, MD, who is employed as a security guard for the Sports at the Beach, had been involved in a domestic altercation with her husband in a room at the complex. During the altercation, Wagner produced an SCCY Generation 2 9mm semi-automatic handgun from her waistband and pointed it at her husband. He then grabbed Merri Wagner by the arm and attempted to wrestle the gun from her. As this was occurring a single round from the gun was discharged, however, nobody was struck. The victim was then able to wrestle the gun from Merri Wagner.

 

Merri Wagner was arrested and charged with the above list of crimes. She was arraigned at JP Court 3 and then committed to the Department of Correction for lack of bail.

 

A mug shot photo of Merri Wagner is not available at this time.