WINNEMUCCA - Sixth Judicial District Judge Michael Montero issued a bench warrant with a no-bail hold for Steven Wayne Wilson, who pleaded guilty to attempted battery with substantial bodily harm in January but filed a motion to withdraw that plea on March 7, after he failed to show up for his sentencing hearing Monday at 1:30 p.m.
The warrant was issued for Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Oregon, and California.
Wilson's public defender, Matt Stermitz, said that notice of the hearing had been sent to Wilson's address in Utah, where he is believed to have moved to.
Wilson was arrested in October on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon after Winnemucca police officers responded to a report of a male adult with a gunshot wound to the chest at Humboldt General Hospital. The victim reported that he had been shot by the suspect after leaving a local bar, according to a WPD news release at the time of the incident
According to the news release, the victim said that he and Wilson left the bar, got into the Wilson's vehicle and began to argue. He said Wilson then picked up a semi-automatic pistol and began waving it around. The victim turned in the passenger seat when Wilson, he believes, accidentally fired the pistol, striking the victim in the upper left chest area. His injuries were non-life-threatening, according to WPD.
WPD officers were able to identify Wilson through video surveillance footage and located him at his residence where he was arrested.
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