According to a press release from the Mattoon Police Department, Alexander L. Maynard, age 20 of Mattoon, was arrested on March 23rd at 1:56 a.m. at the MPD. He was charged with Reckless Discharge of a Firearm. The charge alleges that Maynard was a passenger in a car in the 1300 block of Shelby Ave. when he fired a handgun into the air from the moving vehicle in order to intimidate a resident in the area. No one was injured during the shooting. Maynard was taken to the County jail.
Alexander L. Maynard
