Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

2:28 a.m. • 5-23-13

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Today: Thunderstorm.
    • Hi: 83° F
  • Fri: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 74° F
  • Sat: Clear.
    • Hi: 72° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Published: 2011-05-15 13:16:28
Updated: 2011-05-15 13:16:28

Raleigh man charged in tire-iron attack


Dana Lee Lemon
Dana Lee Lemon
print friendly

A Raleigh man faces accusations that he attacked another man with a tire iron, according to an arrest warrant.

The warrant states that Dana Lee Lemon, 30, of 1905 Bates St., tried to kill another man by beating him with a tire iron on April 30.

Lemon was arrested Friday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

He was placed in the Wake County jail under a $200,000 secured bond. His first court appearance was set for Monday.

Lemon served 5½ years in prison for 2003 convictions for armed robbery and felony drug possession, according to state Department of Correction records. He was also convicted of burglary in South Carolina in 1999.

  • Web Editor: Anne Johnson

0 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS