Escambia Crime: Walmart Robbery, Teen Surrenders After Burglary, Two Gas Stations Robbed

February 11, 2012

Here is a look at crime across Escambia County on Friday, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office:

Walmart Robbery

Deputies arrested David Calland, 21, for robbery of an individual about 1 p.m. Friday at Walmart on Blue Angel Parkway. The suspects fled the scene as deputies arrived. Sheriff’s deputies gave chase, with the suspects abandoning their vehicle at Leyte Drive and Navy Boulevard and fled on foot. Calland was arrested while a female in the vehicle was questioned.

The victim of the robbery said she was exiting the Wal-Mart with her wallet in hand when Calland jumped on her back and took her wallet. A bystander gave chase and tackled Calland in the parking lot causing him to drop the wallet.

Teen Turns Himself In After Burglary

A Pensacola teenager was arrested on burglary charges after he called the Escambia Sheriff’s Office and turned himself in after being chased by the victim of the burglary.

Jalen Lawrence Foster, 16, was charged with burglarizing a vehicle. The victim told deputies that he heard load noises about 3:00 a.m. Friday in his driveway. As Corbitt walked outside, he observed two black males inside his vehicle and two black males inside his wife’s vehicle. Corbitt yelled at the suspects, at which time all four suspects ran and got into a white Mazda Tribute and fled.

Corbitt followed the suspects in his vehicle to the area of the Montclair Subdivision. The driver then stopped the vehicle and all four suspects fled on foot in different directions.

Moments later, Foster, called the Sheriff’s Office wanting to turn himself in. Upon talking with deputies, Foster gave them information that led to his arrest.

Deputies also discovered the vehicle the suspects had fled in was stolen from the 9400 block of Wanda Drive earlier in the night. Foster was subsequently charged
with grand theft auto in that case.

Gunman Robs Circle K

Just before 1 a.m. Friday, a black male wearing a bright orange ski mask, entered the Circle K at 2350 West Michigan Avenue and robbed the clerk at gunpoint.

According to the clerk, the suspect entered the store wearing an orange ski mask, black long sleeve shirt, dark blue board shorts, black and white gloves and black
tennis shoes. The suspect, armed with a silver revolver, pointed the gun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk gave the gunman an undetermined amount of
money from the register. The gunman then fled the store on foot heading east from the store.

Gunman Robs Murphy Gas Station

An unknown black male robbed the Murphy Gas Station at 690 North Navy Boulevard in the early morning hours Friday. Deputies say the suspect entered the store at about 2 a.m. and asked the clerk for directions to a 24-hour “spice” store. The suspect left after the clerk gave him directions.

“The suspect returned moments later and told the clerk he was with some big guys that were in the car outside and he was with a gang. The suspect then demanded money from the clerk,” according to Sgt. Mike Ward, spokesperson for the Sheriffs’ Office.

The suspect fled the store with an undetermined amount of money from the register in a red, two-toned car. A description of the suspect was not available.

Comments

9 Responses to “Escambia Crime: Walmart Robbery, Teen Surrenders After Burglary, Two Gas Stations Robbed”

  1. David Huie Green on February 14th, 2012 10:18 am

    REGARDING:
    “As long as we have no economic growth we will have crime.”

    True but it would also be true is you simply said: “we will have crime.”

    Lack of economic growth does not cause crime as evidenced by the fact that crime happens even when there IS economic growth. We have crime because people decide to commit crimes.

    David for individual responsibility,
    not just blaming the economy

  2. Jane on February 12th, 2012 6:08 am

    Yes, jobs would help but this area has always been notoriously low in the job department. Even if you have a job, the pay here is low so you need two jobs. As long as we have no econonomic growth we will have crime. And the sheriff is doing a good job catching a lot of these criminals.

  3. kb on February 11th, 2012 7:54 pm

    arm yourself

  4. EMD on February 11th, 2012 2:35 pm

    If we examined ourselves as diligently as we blame others, things would surely change for the better.

  5. S.L.B on February 11th, 2012 2:27 pm

    The Sheriff or his Officers cannot control what has not yet happened. Once the crime has been committed, then they can do their jobs! If everyone would earn their money/living by holding down a job like regular folks do, then all towns/cities/states would have less crime and we wouldn’t be reading stories like these. We know that will never happen!!!

  6. Suzi Beck on February 11th, 2012 1:34 pm

    Reinstate the draft for a year and let the thugs know how it feels to be on the wrong end of a gun barrel during a war zone. Maybe it would teach some respect for their fellow man and gun ownership.

  7. billy nowling on February 11th, 2012 9:28 am

    well when law enforcement is out numbered by lil thugs 500 to 1 is hard to stop them all , but some folks are gonna complain no matter what the law does ,

  8. Dave on February 11th, 2012 8:54 am

    How could you possibly blame the Sheriff. Random acts of stupidity are impossible to prevent.

  9. citizen on February 11th, 2012 1:14 am

    Boy, it sure looks like the Sheriff is keeping that crime rate down, doesn’t it?

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