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Suspect From Byrneville Manhunt Turns Himself In
March 11, 2009
Escambia County deputies have arrested Jedd Jackson Grimes — the man that deputies were unable to locate in a Friday afternoon manhunt that sent a local elementary school into a lock down. Meanwhile, the female in the vehicle with Grimes that was arrested Friday afternoon was released on bond Tuesday.
Grimes, 24, of Highway 168, Century, was arrested Tuesday by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department after he turned himself in, according to Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ted Roy.
Grimes was being held Wednesday in the Escambia County Jail without bond as a fugitive from justice. He was being held pending extradition to Escambia County, Ala., where authorities there have outstanding warrants for his arrest.
The search for Grimes started Friday afternoon when Lt. Carl Jones attempted to turn around and stop a small pickup truck occupied by Grimes and a female near 960 Byrneville Road just south of Byrneville Elementary School. Before Jones could make the traffic stop, Grimes fled the scene on foot into some nearby woods behind a house.
At one point shortly after the search began, Jones said Grimes actually called deputies to say that he was in a wooded area not far from where he had ditched his truck.
“But he was on the run and lying to us,” Jones said.
The Escambia County (Fla.) Sherrif’s Department, the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department and the Flomaton Police Department were involved in the search for Grimes along with tracking dogs from the Century Correctional Institute and Santa Rosa County. The nearly four-hour manhunt was called off late Friday afternoon with Grimes still on the run.
The female in truck, Teka Michelle Campbell, 32, of Pensacola, was taken into custody at the scene without incident. Deputies say she was wanted on a probation violation warrant on a petty theft charge from 2006.
Campbell was released Tuesday from the the county jail on a $2,500 bond that was set Tuesday morning by Escambia County Circuit Judge Joyce Williams. Campbell will be in court next on April 23 for a violation of probation hearing before Judge Williams.
Nearby Byrneville Elementary School was placed into lock down during the manhunt. Students were dismissed slowly at about the normal time Friday afternoon under the watchful eye of school employees and a deputy.
Pictured top: Suspect Teka Michelle Campbell is placed in a deputy’s cruiser Friday afternoon in Byrneville. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Suspect From Byrneville Manhunt Turns Himself In”
He never had hope to begin with, EMD. I tried years ago as a neighbor, but when you grow up the way those kids did, there doesn’t look like any hope exists. They don’t know any other life. It’s a shame.
What a sad countenance.
He looks like one who has given up hope. I have to wonder what/who his hope was in. I hope someone in a position to speak with him, will tell him who Hope is, and how much he is loved.