Fremont Man Allegedly Tried To Poison His Wife

A Wayne County man is accused of attempting to poison his wife.  On June 14^th, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible poisoning call at a home on the 300 block of Wilson Road in Fremont.  The victim reported someone had tampered with her bottled tea and a container of spinach dip that had been in her refrigerator.  Last week Thursday, the sheriff’s office says 57-year-old Philander L. Jones of that Fremont home confessed to altering the victim’s spinach dip with crushed up pills/medications.  The victim is reportedly the estranged wife of Jones.  Philander Jones was taken into custody for the charge of Attempted First Degree Murder.  His bond was set at $500,000.