Jon Thomas Wallis is many things to many people. Unfortunately for Wallis, to the Alabama Department of Corrections, he's a number.
Ink Slinger:
Those familiar with the art of tattooing would obviously call Jon Thomas Wallis an accomplished practitioner. Wallis himself liked the name "Ink Slinger" well enough to have it permanently inscribed on his neck.
Stalker:
Early on Monday morning September 7, 2009, Wallis was in a Florence bar where he had a documented altercation with another man. During the next few days, Wallis was accused of attempting to find the man, threatening two separate individuals, and going so far as to break into a mutual friend's home to find information on the man's whereabouts.
Florence Police arrested Jon Thomas Wallis for stalking, making terrorist threats, and burglary. Was he found not guilty? No, it seems for whatever reason, a grand jury did not indict Wallis. According to legal sources, the grand jury could have considered that all testimony came from friends of the alleged victim, or that possibly the investigating officer was unable to testify for whatever reason. This in itself proves Wallis neither innocent nor guilty.
Trafficker:
In October 2010, police arrested Wallis and his wife on charges of trafficking in marijuana. Authorities found drugs having a street value of $75,000.00 in their modest apartment, along with two hand guns, three rifles, and a large amount of ammunition.
In October 2011, Jon Thomas Wallis, having been convicted of the trafficking charge, was sentenced to 15 years, with three to serve and 12 on probation. The charges against Tanya Marie Wallis were dropped.
Would-Be Wife Killer:
Jon Thomas Wallis of Florence was well known to police before he allegedly shot his wife during a domestic dispute. Wallis, 31 in 2011, claimed his wife Tanya Marie Wallis, then 28, shot herself in the bedroom of their Quail Run Apartment located off Chisholm Road.
According to a local paramedic, even though Mrs. Wallis sustained severe head injuries, the weather on April 27th prevented her being transported to the NICU at Huntsville Hospital. After treatment at ECM, Mrs. Wallis improved rapidly and spoke with Florence police who promptly arrested the Ink Slinger.
In December 2011, a Lauderdale County jury convicted Wallis of the attempted murder of his wife, a Class A felony. In February 2012, a Lauderdale County Circuit Court judge gave the local tattoo artist a sentence of life with the chance of parole. Tommy Wallis had previously seemed to admire tattoos of guns;
we doubt he feels the same way now.
Jon Thomas Wallis won't be eligible for parole until April 2026. Those who wish to go on record as opposing Wallis' parole
may write:
Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles
Re: Jon Thomas Wallis, AIS 280574
Post Office Box 302405
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2405
Telephone: (334) 353-7771, 353-8067
FAX: (334) 242-1809
Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles
Re: Jon Thomas Wallis, AIS 280574
Post Office Box 302405
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2405
Telephone: (334) 353-7771, 353-8067
FAX: (334) 242-1809
The above account was taken from blogs originally published in Shoalanda Speaks.
