Wanted man who shot bail bondsman arrested

FROM: The News Record of North Carolina

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — A man police said shot a bail bondsman in the foot Nov. 5 while trying to avoid being taken into custody has been arrested in Michigan.

Winston-Salem police said the U.S. Marshal Service received information Wednesday that Lamont Develle King, 26, of 104 Penner St. Apt. E, had traveled to Michigan. Federal agents found King in Detroit.

King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and trafficking cocaine. His bond information was not immediately available.

According to police, Michael Todd Smith and two colleagues with Surety Bonding went to 104 Penner St. to locate a wanted suspect. At 1:25 a.m., Smith and the two other bondmen forced open the door.

Inside, police said someone fired several shots from a handgun at the bondsmen. The bondsmen returned fire as the suspect went back into the apartment.

Smith, 43, of Thomasville, suffered a gunshot wound to one of his feet.

The police department’s Special Enforcement Team later entered the apartment but could not find King.

King was listed as an absconder from probation supervision, according to the N.C. Department of Correction website.

King received 18 months of probation in August 2009 for misdemeanor assault on a female and misdemeanor communicating threats, according to the correction department.