GALLIPOLIS - Daries D. Pemberton has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity after being indicted on seven charges during Gallia County's first grand jury session of 2008 held on Thursday, Feb. 21.

Pemberton, 31, Willow Wood, was charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated burglary, two counts of felonious assault, and one charge of abduction, stemming from an incident that occurred on Jan. 4 in which Pemberton allegedly shot Tammy J. Christian, 23, and her stepfather, Victor Hayslip, 83, both of Patriot.

According to court documents that were based on statements of the victims, witnesses, and investigating officers, it has been determined that on Jan. 4, Pemberton parked his automobile and walked to the scene of the alleged crime on Ohio 233 near Gallia, where he entered the residence of Hayslip and waited for him to return home. When the man came home, Pemberton allegedly confronted and assaulted Hayslip, choking him with duct tape and hitting him with tin snips, before shooting him with two rounds from a shotgun.

Pemberton then waited on Christian to come home to her nearby residence. Upon her arrival, he allegedly ordered her into the home at gunpoint, grabbing her by the hair. He then shot Christian with the shotgun and barricaded himself, along with her, in the bedroom.

At some point during the ordeal, a woman (assumed to be Christian) called Gallia County 9-1-1 screaming “he has a gun” before the line was disconnected.

Authorities arrived on the scene soon after and both victims were later flown by helicopter to St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., for medical attention, where they eventually recovered.

Pemberton was arrested taken into the custody of the Gallia County Jail.

His bond was set at $2 million ten percent secured with an additional bond of $1,000 ten percent secured.

Jury trial is scheduled for March 31, 2008, at 9 a.m.