Woman sliced with box cutter, man charged with attempted murder

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man is accused of violating a domestic violence protective order and slashing his ex across the face, while telling her she was not going to live without him and he was going to kill her.

According to the arrest warrant, Alvin Dean Jones, 58, met the victim on Carolina Beach Road in Monkey Junction on Saturday. She was still inside her vehicle when Jones allegedly leaned in and slashed her across the face.

The cut was an inch deep and stretched from above her left eye down to her neck. She was also cut on her lip and shoulder.

The warrant states the cut was “in a manor suggesting he was attempting to cut her throat.”

Jones is charged with attempted first degree murder, violating a domestic violence protective order and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

He is currently being held without bond. His first appearance is Monday.