Man arrested in connection with shooting into two homes

Published January 3, 2012 5:00am ET



A man has been arrested in an incident in which Prince William County police say he was aiming at one home but also struck a neighboring home.

The shooting happened in June, and police said they recently put the pieces together. Twenty-year-old Richard James Ocksrider, of Nokesville, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling and one count of malicious wounding.

Police said a homeowner in the 3000 block of Seminole Road was awakened at 3:30 a.m. June 22, and found two bullet holes in the side of the home. No one one injured.

Police later learned that the suspect had a dispute with the owner of one of the homes. Police served a search warrant at the residence of Ocksrider, and recovered two handguns. He was held without bond.