A man who ended a family camping trip by allegedly pointing a pistol at his wife and threatening to kill her in front of the couple’s two children appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Forty-three-year-old Charles Glenn Millington pled guilty to the charges against him and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Millington’s court appearance Monday went much better than one in late January. He was very late and when he did arrive, a Baxter County sheriff’s deputy arrested him and reported he appeared to be extremely intoxicated and smelled of alcohol.
According to the jail log, Millington has been an inmate since Jan. 27, with bond set at $35,000.
Millington lists several addresses in court documents, including Oxford and Sage in Izard County and in the Lawrence County town of Ravenden.
Justin Downum represented Millington up until his no show and arrest in January. The attorney reported to the court he had talked to Millington and that he was on his way to Mountain Home.
Later, Downum contacted Millington again. He told Circuit Judge John Putman his client said he was in Hardy.
The attorney said Millington “seems very, very happy.”
When more time elapsed, Downum said he would petition the court to withdraw from the case. He said Millington “has done this to me twice.”
Millington did finally arrive and was arrested.
CAMPGROUND ARREST
Millington’s charges stem from a June 23, 2020 event when Baxter County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Robinson Point Campground around 3 p.m.
When the deputies arrived, they spoke first to Millington’s wife. She said her husband had been drinking since the family of four arrived in the area the day before.
She said when Millington became loud and started making lewd comments to her she attempted to leave with the children.
Her husband said she was not going to ruin his camping trip and that if she persisted in trying to leave, he would kill her.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Millington retrieved a .38-caliber handgun and pointed it at his wife.
The woman fled to a neighboring campsite with the children and called law enforcement.
The deputies contacted Millington as he was coming out of a tent. They described him as being heavily intoxicated.
He was reported to have become increasingly belligerent and deputies placed him under arrest and put him in restraints.
Millington was transported to the Baxter County Detention Center. He was booked on charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threatening, possession of a firearm by a felon, two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
A ranger from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also ticketed Millington for possessing a weapon in the park.
SON SAYS FATHER TOOK DIRECT AIM AT MOTHER
The deputies spoke with the older of the two children and reported the then 12-year-old as being “calm and articulate.”
The young man reported when his father pointed the gun at his mother, his arm was fully extended and he took direct aim at her.
The boy said his father’s action was deliberate and threatening and “clearly no accident.”
His wife filed a petition for an order of protection to keep Millington away from her and the two children except under certain circumstances.
Millington’s wife lists violent acts committed against her by her husband, beginning in 2008.
Those acts included poking his fingers in her eye, hitting her in the face while she was driving and striking her repeatedly with a belt.
She also reports death threats being made on multiple occasions, including during the recent incident at the campground.
Millington is alleged to have made the various threats when armed with a pistol, scissors and a knife.
His wife has also filed for divorce.
On the charges stemming from the Robinson Point campground incident, Millington was initially released from jail after posting a $35,000 bond.
According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Millington’s criminal history shows prior convictions for various felonies, including aggravated assault, stalking, burglary and drug-related offenses, some from the State of Tennessee.
In addition, there is allegedly an outstanding warrant for him in Iowa, according to the probable cause affidavit. A notation on that warrant advises using caution when contacting Millington because of his “violent tendencies.”
According to a letter filed in his case, Millington entered a residential treatment facility in Jonesboro operated by Mid-South Health Systems on Oct. 13, 2020 and was to be released Nov. 11.
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