An Atlantic man who was arrested November 4th on Adair County felony warrants for Willful Injury causing bodily injury, and Going Armed with Intent, is set to be arraigned on those charges at 9-a.m. on November 25th. The preliminary hearing for 53-year-old Rex Dean McDermott was held Thursday (Nov. 12th). During an arraignment, the court formally informs a defendant of charges contained in an indictment or information, provides the defendant with a copy of the charging instrument, and takes the defendant’s answer to those charges in the form of a plea.

An order asking for the appointment of Counsel at State Expense, was denied. McDermott was released on bond from the Adair County Jail, on Tuesday. A criminal complaint against McDermott alleges that at around 11-p.m. on Oct. 30th, he pulled a woman out of a pickup truck near Fontanelle, punched her and then struck her with an unknown wooden object. The victim suffered a laceration above her right eye, bruising and swelling of the face and other areas of pain.