LITTLE ROCK, AR (AP) - The doctor charged in the bombing of the state medical board chairman wants prosecutors to offer more specifics as the case heads to trial July 6.

Dr. Randeep Mann's attorneys filed a motion asking federal prosecutors to file a bill of particulars detailing the charges against him. Mann is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy a vehicle in the explosion that hurt Dr. Trent Pierce.

U.S. District Judge Brian Miller had earlier granted prosecutors' request for Mann to say whether he intended to use an alibi defense. But the doctor's attorneys argue that the indictment never says whether Mann was the person who ignited the bomb at Pierce's home in West Memphis.

The defense argues that the indictment is unclear, which makes it difficult to determine whether an alibi defense would be appropriate.

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WEST MEMPHIS, AR (WMC-TV) - Less than one month after two West Memphis police officers were laid to rest, their families came together again Wednesday to receive a generous gift from the community.

Officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans were gunned down during a traffic stop in late May.  Ninety minutes later, suspects Jerry and Joseph Kane were killed in a shootout in the parking lot of the West Memphis Walmart.

Wednesday, Brandon Paudert's widow, Kim, fought back tears as she and other family members accepted checks from fundraisers held last month for the officers' families.

"I don't know how you say thank you or express your gratitude enough," she said.

Brandon Paudert's father, West Memphis Police Chief Bob Paudert, echoed those sentiments.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - State and law enforcement officials are honoring the Arkansas Game and Fish officer who's credited with stopping a West Memphis police shootout that left two officers dead and two others wounded.

Wildlife Officer Michael K. Neal was presented a half-dozen awards Thursday for his role in the May 20 shootout that killed Sgt. Brandon Paudert and Officer Bill Evans.