A man wanted for attempted murder in a domestic incident in Hughson was arrested last week in Carson City, Nevada, following a multi-agency search and drone-assisted surveillance, authorities said.
Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 1 p.m. May 28 to the 2000 block of Second Street in Hughson for reports of a man brandishing a shotgun, according to a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Nate Crain. The suspect, identified as Troy Wayne McComak, 40, fled the scene before deputies arrived. McComak more than a decade ago was a candidate for Patterson mayor and California’s 10th Congressional District.
At the scene May 28, deputies learned McComak became enraged after a court hearing earlier that day involving a prior domestic violence case, which started in March, Crain said. He allegedly retrieved a handgun, a shotgun and a so-called plate carrier — body armor designed to protect against gunfire — and then attempted to strike one person and brandished the shotgun while chambering a round…