Former AF Pilot Faces Life in Prison

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Former AF Pilot Faces Life in Prison
October 18, 2008
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Four hundred Gulf County residents have been summoned to appear in court next week in an effort to find at least six who can sit on Air Force Capt. John C. Perrys' jury.

Perrys, 32, is charged with burglary of a dwelling while armed, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor criminal mischief. He faces up to life in prison if convicted as charged.

The lawyers have set aside three days to question jurors before beginning a scheduled two-week trial.

Perrys is accused of forcing his way into Gulf County Judge Fred Witten's home the morning of April 12, 2005, and attacking Witten's stepdaughter, Caroline Lister, with a metal baton. Lister is Perrys' former girlfriend.

She said she was stepping from the shower that morning when the bathroom door burst in and a masked man began beating her with a club. Lister, a former Panama City assistant public defender, said she was able to slip past her attacker and run from the house.


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