Short Pursuit Leads To Century Manhunt

November 17, 2008

A manhunt in the Century area Sunday afternoon turned up empty for area law enforcement.

Deputies have released few details due to their ongoing investigation, but do know they were looking for a “skinny” white male, five-foot-eight-inches tall, that was wearing a white t-shirt. He was reported to have passed some stolen checks at a Century convenience store, and he was wanted by Santa Rosa County deputies for a string of burglaries.

The suspect and his vehicle, an older car with no hood, was spotted by Escambia County deputies Sunday afternoon near Freedom Road and Highway 4. A short pursuit followed, with deputies losing sight of the car on Old Flomaton Road. The car was found abandoned a short time later near the end of Lake Street, just off Old Flomaton Road.

Deputies setup a perimeter around the area and called for assistance from the sheriff’s department helicopter and tracking dogs from Century Correctional Institute. The helicopter was forced to return to the hanger in Cantonment prior to arrival due to mechanical problems.

The search was called off without locating the suspect.

It was later reported to Flomaton Police that same man had attempted to return stolen items to a Flomaton convenience store sometime Saturday night.

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One Response to “Short Pursuit Leads To Century Manhunt”

  1. Jackie Aron on November 18th, 2008 6:41 am

    They left out the part where he ran over my fence thru my front yard (where only 30 min. earlier my 4 year old child was playing in the exact same spot ) thru my drive way just missing 2 vehicles thru my ditch at a very high rate of speed if we had all still been outside playing with my child he would have ran over everyone thank God that it was getting cold so we went in eary. I hate to think what the outcome could have been if we had stayed outside much longer.

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