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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A promoter and founder of an entertainment business charged with a shooting that injured one person inside Passion Lounge in July was cleared of his most serious charge.</p><p>Ronald Drayton, however, will still have his day in court on other charges.</p><p>Drayton, 47, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Martin Kane for a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. After hearing testimony from two officers who had responded to the shooting, as well as video surveillance that prosecutors used to identify Drayton as the shooter, Kane dismissed a felony charge of aggravated assault.</p><p>Drayton&#8217;s attorney Theron Solomon, of the Dyller Law Firm, was pleased with the hearing&#8217;s results, adding the &#8220;biggest charge&#8221; Drayton was facing was dismissed.</p><p>Drayton still faces a felony charge each of illegal possession of a firearm, firearms not to be carried without a license and six misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person.</p><p>Drayton is charged with shooting another man inside the Passion Lounge in July. City police on July 10 charged Drayton with discharging a round from a handgun that struck Marcese Cloward Grant in the leg during a melee inside Passion Lounge on Scott Street. Grant survived the gunshot injury.</p><p>A formal arraignment date has been set for Feb. 12, but Solomon said he plans to waive the formal arraignment to move the matter onto trial.</p><style>
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Aggravated assault charge in Passion Lounge shooting dismissed