Man Gets Three Years In State Prison After Shot Fired Into Molino Home

June 28, 2011

A gunshot fired into a Molino home back in March has landed one man in prison for three years.

Three people were arrested after a resident in the 6000 block of Highway 99 near Blackberry Lane reported that someone fired a shot into their home on March 16, 2011.

Anthony Taylor Crepeau, 21, of Gulf Breeze,  received a minimum mandatory sentence of three years in state prison for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Zachary Brandon Miller, 20, of Cantonment was sentenced to six months probation on a disorderly conduct charge. And Riley Edward Baldwin, 35, of Pensacola, pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and adjudication was withheld.

All three men were ordered to pay restitution ranging from $400 to $850.

The three were, according to deputies, firing at targets in a nearby field. All three claimed to have never shot in the direction of the house, but deputies said they would have had to intentionally pointed a weapon in the direction of the residence in order to strike it.  Deputies found the trio with a shotgun, a handgun, an AK-47, a Keltec semi-automatic rifle and what appeared to be a Mac 10 pistol.

According to deputies, the bullet fired into the residence exploded a window, went through a wall and struck a kitchen cabinet. The bullet reportedly passed just above the head of someone inside the residence.

Crepeau’s father, the owner of the property where the three men were found, told deputies that they did not have permission to be on his property shooting firearms.

The home is located about 500 feet off Highway 99.

Pictured above: Escambia County deputies investigate after a shot was reportedly fired into a Molino home Wednesday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “Man Gets Three Years In State Prison After Shot Fired Into Molino Home”

  1. Zack on July 20th, 2011 1:54 pm

    I am glad i didnt get the MAX SENTANCE AND “ATTEMPTED MURDER ” everyone with those type comments have lost there minds… i have a son , i own a house, i own a business, i manage a shop, i am normal just like all of you…. i just so happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time….

    Hopefully one day life won’t catch you by surprise, because when it does… you will have a lot of people judging your character , and ya know what? theres only 1 judge i will listen to ….. and we all will have to face him….

    SO GET READY! Zack———-

    P.S thanks for all the support !!

  2. Chris on June 29th, 2011 10:47 pm

    Weapon of war? Does it matter the type of weapon they were shooting? Jesus, no wonder the hippies want to take the guns away from those of us who follow the rules. I own military type rifles and they are not weapons of war unless they are used in a war. i hunt with an M-4; perfectly legal with a 5 round mag. The gun didn’t do it. Stop demonizing an inanimate object.

  3. David Huie Green on June 29th, 2011 12:27 pm

    REGARDING:
    “- – - 20 years for firing a gun into someone’s house in Barth here a while back. It was done with a 22 not a weapon of war that these guys had. Also he wasn’t a convicted felon so why is it that these thugs get away with this? 3 years hardly sounds fair to me. ”

    At a guess, the one who got 20 years showed some attitude which convinced the judge to go above the bare minimum. These MAY have convinced the judge they were too stupid to realize what they were doing. Plus, don’t forget that any time in prison maybe an AIDS death sentence.

    David in a strange, dangerous world

  4. RNinTN on June 28th, 2011 10:26 am

    well my family lives just behind that house. they better be glad that one them was not hurt. i would have to make a special visit to find them. someone has always been shooting over there at that trailer. mr crepeau should throw everybody off that piece of land and clean it up. starting to look like a junk yard anyway. wish i really would have pushed to buy that from him couple years ago. glad no one was hurt. sad thing is i doubt any of them have learned a lesson.

  5. Polythenepam on June 28th, 2011 8:59 am

    I remember a guy named Robert Piehl who got 20 years for firing a gun into someones house in Barth here a while back. It was done with a 22 not a weapon of war that these guys had. Also he wasn’t a convicted felon so why is it that these thugs get away with this? 3 years hardly sounds fair to me. People with guns like they had and just looking at them you know they weren’t out there just for the pleasure of owning a AK or a Mac. They are thugs and wanna be gangsters. I’ve done work on power poles in south florida they have bullet holes from those types of guns all the way through 3/8″ steel the poles are made from. When they let one off at the house they wanted to see what it would do. You can be assured if they weren’t caught and relieved of their toys they would have done worse damage later. 3 years should have been 20

  6. Kay on June 28th, 2011 8:20 am

    Well they should have all been charged with attempted murder.
    If the shot had to be deliberate (according to the officer) towards the home and the victim had it whiz next to their head, these three are just no good and the next time we hear of them it will be for MURDER. They have to make restitution to
    the home owner, well how about all the police, court costs, and incarceration.
    Are they going to pay US back.

    Our justice system is broken and is just a revolving door and a kiss on the
    hand. What is to be learned from that, absolutely NOTHING.

  7. mary on June 28th, 2011 5:54 am

    They ALL should have gotten the 3 yrs!!!! You just dont do things like that..& the ages of the men(used losely) well..they know the laws & should know better..you dont mess w/someone else’s stuff!!!

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