PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man who faced charges of Aggravated Domestic Battery when he was arrested at the beginning of the month is now also charged with Attempted Murder.
A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday filed the attempted murder and battery counts against Alton Russell, 54.
A woman, police say, was stabbed multiple times at a location near Devonshire Drive and Compton Court early on the morning of May 1, and Russell had to be tased before he could be put in jail.
The woman suffered serious injuries.
Russell is jailed on $300,000 bond and will be back in court May 25.
