Forkland man arrested on federal gun charge

On June 7, the Demopolis Police Criminal Investigations Division arrested Dewayne Davis, 40, of Forkland on a Federal Indictment for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. This federal charge followed an incident where Demopolis police officers arrested Davis in April 2017 on state charges of Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol and Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Davis had been previously convicted of Murder in Greene County in 1998 and had been released from prison in 2013. Davis has been transported to Mobile County Metro Jail to stand for his federal charges.