A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF FORCING HIS WAY INTO A NEIGHBOR’S HOME IS BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD DEREK BRANDON WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND MULTIPLE COUNTS OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND THEFT OVER 500 DOLLARS. FIVE PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE HOME ON PETE SLAGLE ROAD WHEN WARD ALLEGEDLY REMOVED HIS NEIGHBORS AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND CRAWLED THROUGH A WINDOW. THE HOMEOWNER HEARD SOMETHING AND WENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND THAT’S WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WARD WHO HAD STOLEN A SHOTGUN AND AIMED AT HIM. SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED WITH ONE OF THE ROUNDS GRAZING A MAN’S SHOULDER. WARD IS BEING HELD IN THE CARTER COUNTY JAIL WITH A COURT HEARING SET SOON.