A 74-year-old Mobile woman is facing an assault charge after police say she hit a man with a glass bottle over the weekend.
Dicy Jones was arrested Monday, according to the Mobile Police Department, in connection with an incident reported Saturday afternoon on the 500 block of Marine Street, in the city’s Trinity Gardens area. Officers were called to the scene at about 3:23 p.m. Saturday after a man was struck, police said.
What police say happened
According to an MPD statement, Jones allegedly struck the man with a glass bottle during an encounter Saturday afternoon. Officers interviewed the victim at the scene, who was evaluated and found to have injuries that were not life-threatening, before arresting Jones and taking her to Mobile County Metro Jail.
Jones has been charged with second-degree assault. Under Alabama law, second-degree assault covers causing physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument — a category that can include an object used as a weapon — and it is a felony that can carry a sentence measured in years if a conviction is obtained.
A quiet street, a serious charge
Marine Street runs through a residential part of north Mobile where disputes between neighbors and acquaintances account for a meaningful share of the police calls officers answer on any given weekend. Police have not described what led up to the encounter or the relationship between Jones and the man who was struck, and the arrest affidavit’s account of the incident will become public as the case moves through the court system.
Jones remained in the Metro Jail pending an initial court appearance. The case will be presented to a Mobile County District Court judge, where bond and the path to trial — whether the case is bound over to a grand jury or resolved earlier — will be determined in the coming weeks.
Police said anyone with additional information about the incident can contact Mobile Police or leave an anonymous tip through the department’s standard channels. For the man struck that afternoon, the injuries were not life-threatening, but the charge now on the docket is a reminder of how quickly an argument can become a felony case.
