Crime & Safety
Aliceville Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting Woman
Dewon Lathomas Mayhew, 30, was charged on Tuesday after shooting and seriously injuring a woman last month in Aliceville.
ALICEVILLE, AL — An Aliceville man is charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say he shot a woman during an altercation in June. Dewon Lathomas Mayhew, 30, is currently being held in the Pickens County Jail with bond set at $1 million after being formally charged on Tuesday.
24th Judicial Circuit’s District Attorney Andy Hamlin said the Aliceville Police Department and investigators from his office were called to a residence in the 600 block of Jasper Road at 8 a.m. June 20 on the initial report of a shooting.
Once on scene, police found that a woman had been shot and was seriously injured. She would survive the shooting after being transported to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa.
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Hamlin also said he asked for an elevated bond in the shooting due to the facts and circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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