Gadsden attorney arrested

Frank Wayne Bailey

A Gadsden attorney has been arrested for allegedly threatening an Alabama State Trooper during a traffic court appearance.

62 year old Frank Wayne Bailey,  is charged with one felony count of making a terrorist threat in connection with an incident on Jan. 8. Bailey allegedly made a threatening statement to a trooper in an Etowah County district judge's courtroom.

Bailey, who was arrested Wednesday, was booked into the county detention center on a $2,500 property bond.  

This isn't Bailey's first run-in with the law. In 2012, he was acquitted of second-degree extortion and various other charges in connection with a 1995 murder case in Coosa County. Bailey and the county district attorney were accused of trying to extort the suspect in the case by threatening a capital murder indictment against the man. 

Also in 2012, Bailey was arrested on a DUI charge in Gadsden but it was later dismissed "with conditions." He also had a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit dismissed in 2010