It was a gory scene Sunday evening when an Alabama police department thought they were responding to a traffic accident but found a driver suffering from a gunshot wound.
Troy police has accused Tyiesha Renee Pollard, 41, of murdering Quinta Dionne Maddox, who succumbed to a gunshot wound after being rushed to a local hospital. Pollard is now charged with murder.
According to police, officers responded to a call of an accident on the 600 block of Pine Street. Upon arrival, they discovered Maddox had been shot. He was still alive at the time and was able to tell officers that he’d been shot, although his condition was critical and could not provide more information.
After being rushed to Troy Regional Medical Center for treatment, he was pronounced dead.
Detectives immediately launched an investigation and found a crime scene at the victim’s home. They later determined that the victim had gotten into a domestic dispute with his wife, leading her to allegedly shoot him, police believe.
Pollard was immediately arrested and taken to Troy City Jail before being transported to Pike County Jail, where she is being held without bond. She is currently awaiting an Aniah’s Law hearing.
Last November, Alabama voters passed “Amendment 1 changing Section 16 of the constitution, which concerns the right to bail, a right also covered under the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” according to a report in AL.com.
“Section 16 says people charged with a crime, except for capital offenses, have a right to bail, and that bail cannot be excessive. Amendment 1 adds a list of serious crimes other than capital offenses for which a defendant could be held without bail before trial.”
The amendment came on the heels of a crime that made statewide headlines.
Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old college student, was abducted from a convenience store in Auburn in October 2019 and found dead a month later.
Ibraheem Yazeed, was charged in Blanchard’s kidnapping and murder but was released from jail on a $280,000 bond after being charged with another kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder incident in Montgomery.
“In response, Alabama lawmakers rallied in support of what they named Aniah’s Law, sponsored by Rep. Chip Brown, R-Mobile,” the report reads. “It passed the House and Senate without a dissenting vote.”
