A CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON HAS BEEN DISMISSED IN CUSTER COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AGAINST A CLINTON MAN. THE CHARGE AGAINST 36 YEAR OLD ALPHONSO PROA-RIOS WAS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE AFTER PROSECUTORS COULD NOT FIND A WITNESS THAT WAS NEEDED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED LAST WEEK. AUTHORITIES HAD CHARGED PROA-RIOS WITH THE SHOOTING OF A MAN IN THE 200 BLOCK OF SOUTH 2ND STREET IN CLINTON.
