Man Accused of Lewd Conduct in Assault on His Neighbor

A Midway City man was arrested in Nevada on Monday on suspicion of lewd conduct and firing shots at a neighbor after he called 911 three times from his car phone as he drove toward Las Vegas.

“What we did was contact the phone company, and they had some means of establishing his whereabouts” by tracing the cellular phone, said Lt. Steve Fauchier, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities said that Frank Lee Madden, 48, had forced a neighbor to disrobe at his home, then shot at her twice with a rifle. The neighbor, a woman in her 20s who had stopped by to feed Madden’s cats, fled and was not injured, police said. Madden drove off, calling 911 from his car to tell police of the crime.

Nevada Highway Patrol officers arrested Madden about 26 miles east of State Line. Fauchier said he will be returned to Orange County to face the charges.