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Marshals Nab Suspect That Ran From His Murder Trial
April 5, 2012
An Escambia County man that fled from his murder trial during jury deliberations was captured by federal agents in Baldwin County.
Ortavious Devon Wilson, 33,was busted at the Loxley Motel by U.S. Marshals Task Force members from Pensacola and Mobile, along with Task Force members from the Florida State Attorney’s office, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, Monroeville Police Department and the Alabama Depart of Corrections.
Wilson was arrested outside of a room he rented without incident. However, a search of the room revealed a 9 mm handgun that was reportedly stolen from Escambia County (Fla.) last year, as well as substances that appeared to be crack cocaine and marijuana and drug paraphernalia indicative of dealing and selling drugs.
Wilson is not currently facing any local charges in Alabama but stands to face charges from the United States Attorney’s Office in Mobile as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
He was taken to the Baldwin County Jail in Alabama and remanded without bond.
Shortly after Wilson fled the courtroom at the Escambia County Courthouse he was found guilty in a murder trial.
He was charged in connection with the January 2011 murder of 29-year old Eddie Llyod Peterson of Pensacola near the intersection of Mobile Highway and Massachusetts Avenue. Peterson and two other men – Grimsley and 32-year-old Ortavious Devon Wilson — tried to rob the victim at gunpoint, but the victim shot back and killed Peterson.
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2 Responses to “Marshals Nab Suspect That Ran From His Murder Trial”
Read more closely, Bubba ~ he has already been found guilty. The other charges will help ensure that he doesn’t just walk through the prison “out” door too soon. (And, IMHO, giving a kid a made-up name like Ortavious just gives him a start in life a few steps behind everybody else!)
If he doesn’t get found guilty on the murder trial, he is sure to get convicted on the federal charges. Good riddance to this upstanding fine citizen.