Chief David Davis States:
On 02/26/2023 Brent Preston Hunter, age 56 of Fort Payne was arrested and charged with 2 counts of
Domestic Violence 1st , 2 counts of Elderly Abuse, and Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess Firearms.
The Fort Payne Police Department received a call early Sunday morning for a welfare check to be done
at a residence in Fort Payne. Officers arrived on scene and discovered two people at the residence that
Mr. Hunter was suspected of injuring. They were transported to Dekalb Regional by Dekalb Ambulance
Service and then both were transferred to Erlanger Hospital in critical condition.
This is an ongoing investigation that is being conducted by Fort Payne Police Department Investigators
and Investigators with the Dekalb/Cherokee County District Attorney’s offices. On today’s date Hunter
was taken before the District Judge of Dekalb County for his initial appearance and is now being held at
the Dekalb County Detention Center on a $200,000 cash bond and $55,000 property bond.