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Man Charged With Busting Through Window, Attacking Sleeping Man
August 14, 2012
A Walnut Hill man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home near Bratt and attacking a sleeping man.
Dalton Justice, 22, was charged with felony burglary with assault and battery and criminal mischief property damage. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $50,500 bond.
About 3:30 a.m., Justice allegedly busted an outside window on a home in the 4000 block of Rigby Road. He entered the house and attacked a man sleeping in the room, an arrest report states. Justice had left the residence by the time Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived.
The victim had physical injuries but refused medical treatment. The victim told deputies that he is currently dating Justice’s former girlfriend, and he believed that to be the reason for the attack.
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32 Responses to “Man Charged With Busting Through Window, Attacking Sleeping Man”
well if the victim was such a friend he should of never messed with daltons ex.if u ask me the victim got what he deserved.thats whats wrong with the world today everyone wants to call the cops over any little thing now dalton is gotta live with a felony and that ant easy.trust me.but good luck dalton!!!!
Good men don’t settle their differences like this. Apparently Dalton has some of you “Friends” fooled by the way he shows up after his distruction with “heartfelt apologies”.
I truly feel sorry for any woman that ends up with this guy.
I agree with those that say they would have shot him on his way in. Most of us in the north end have the heat on our nightstand during the night and in the truck during the day. Acting like this is a good way to get Trayvonized.
REGARDING:
“Whats wrong with the world today what happened to the days wen cops didnt have to be called for every little thing”
True. It is just lately that law enforcement was called for little things like breaking and entering and battery.
David forgetting exactly when that was ignored,
but accepting without comment
To: a friend
Okay everyone we have to disregard the police report… this person talked to the actual guy who committed the crime; dang so much for our hypocritical smear of this guys apparent spotless reputation. Give me a break!! And I can honesly say felony burglary and assault are not something I personally am guilty of and if I were I would take my punishment like a man and not let “friends” try to defend my STUPID actions.
Unfortnantly he probably wont spend any timein jail dearie….. our justice system wants one thing… money…. he may get some probation… but if he is this bad with his temper perhaps he should seek some help for it before it gets the best of him…..
Whats wrong with the world today what happened to the days wen cops didnt have to be called for every little thing if. Im sure in daltons head this was the right thing to do but oviously its not but you know he will spend atleast a year in jail and ruin his life over a fight what happened to the days wen instead of arresting someone like a coward you gave back what they did to you and a little more and everybodys happy and the problems solved… Instead People Like Sheriff M>>>an will release the drug dealers and rapest and lock up people like this and others who do peti crimes the boy should be punished but his life should not be ruined over a mistake
REGARDING:
“people get on here and comment on these stories knowing they have done some of the things”
Some say you aren’t qualified to comment unless you’ve walked in their shoes.
Others say you aren’t qualified to comment unless you’ve never done anything wrong.
David with no comment
Why did they call the fuzz if they were such great friends. If u and the girl are broke up, move on.
To all the friends of this guy who are getting so defensive about the comments made here, what is being said that’s not factual? So far, no one here has called him a bad person or said anything negative about him except conclusions that can be reached based on his actions. It’s pretty fair to say this guy has anger issues, it’s fair to say he acted immature and needs to grow up. It’s ok to be his friend and come to his defense as a person, but don’t defend what he did, and don’t act like it wasn’t a big deal. And to the owner of the house–I’m glad you’re all still friends, but you need to recognize what happened and take steps to defend your family. I have misunderstandings with my friends, but it doesn’t lead them to break into my home and attack me in the night. Temper or no temper, if one of my friends had little enough respect for our friendship and my privacy and my kid’s safety to do something like that, I would think REAL hard about letting them stay in my life. What if something had happened that he couldn’t go back later and say “sorry” for?
Dalton is a very good friend of mine, he is a good man that has a bad temper. It saddened me to hear about this because I know he is a better person than this. If you really know Dalton you would know how he is….is breaking into someones house tkaking it too far? Yes. The baby in the next room should have never been mentioned because he was obviously not trying to harm the baby! And as his friend I am greatful he is alive….but as a friend of the victim as well, i know there is more to the story than just an ex girlfriend. They are friends and I am sure things will get worked out.
To Dalton….dont let the people commenting on this bring you down. You know yourself and you’re better than what they say you are!
If it was a misunderstanding and you are all friends, then why did you call the lawman. It’s written in the report it was over a girlfriend, so if it wasn’t why did you say it was.
AND the “victim” will not file charges against his “friend” which was dating the “victim’s girlfriend”!! I hear this type of stuff all the time….Some end up in jail some end up on probation & some dont get any punishment!
To bigjay. So i guess youve been perfect all your life huh? Dalton is one of the best guys i know. I have a 3 year old and i would trust him around her anytime hes not a criminal. If you dont know him dont judge!
TO “a friend” : Well then, why don’t you (or Dalton for that matter) set us straight? We are just commenting on the information in the arrest report.
Not taking any sides but people do bad things when they are mad everyone does it I just hope by this he learns Somthing I know now he knows who his true friends are.
It was my house he ‘broke’ into. It was all a misunderstanding. And, and we didn’t shoot him because we are all good friends.
And for the people who don’t know what’s going on, you really have no input on this.
” This town is full of hypocrites, people get on here and comment on these stories knowing they have done some of the things that these so called criminals have done”
Except for the breaking into houses and voluntarily assaulting someone part, I guess, maybe…
yep if he would have broke in to my home and tried to assault me there would have been a story of a 22 year old being shot to death, Look people u cant go into other folks home in the middle of the night just cause ur mad about something so petty, glad the home owner was not a smart thinker cause he could have easly opend fire killing this young man with no fault or problems.
I doesn’t matter how old Dalton is 21 or 22, he is still past to old to be doing an idoitic thing like that for whatever reason.
He’s gonna learn real quick that it isn’t no fun being labeled a felon.
Not many people want to hire a person with a record like that.
Re: A friend… Just because someone is your friend, does not make them any less responsible for acts of lunacy just like this one. If you dont do anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Breaking into someones house and then attacking them, especially with a baby in the next room makes this guy a very dangerous criminal and I think some good thinking time in jail will sure straighten his mind up about doing this again. As far as you saying people do this all the time and dont get caught, that is bogus. This is a very serious crime which should be handled the with utmost serious measures. He should be lucky he was not shot and killed, because if hes was, the shooter would have been completely justified. If someone came busting into my house as he did, they would have several fatal shotgun wounds. The point to this story is, all of you friends of his should not be angered at what the public thinks of the whole situation, but thankful that your friend is still alive.
>> Dalton is only 21
Not according to the arrest report. The Sheriff’s Office says he’s 22, and their math is right according to the birthday they used.
People make mistakes. Dalton is only 21 and is a better person than that. Its crazy how something so small gets thrown out of proportion.
I actually happen to be a friend of the guy who was broken into and beat, and the story is actually very accurate. If you’re an actual friend of the guy who did the breaking and entering and assaulting then you know he has the tendency to act violent like this frequently and has anger issues. The fact of the matter is, he busted into the window of someone else’s house in the middle of the night, despite the fact that they have a young baby who sleeps in the room beside the room he broke into, and beat the mess out of a guy who is half his size. There’s not many ways to falsely report that story.
So “Mr. Justice” didn’t break into the sleeping man’s house? Then I am really confused “Friend” because if Dalton didn’t break into the victim’s house and didn’t beat a man that was sleeping then what is this story about?
Please explain if you can?
“a friend wrote”
>> at least get your story right…. the stories are misleading.
The story, as it clearly states above, is directly from the arrest report. So the story is correct in reporting what deputies said. Perhaps he needs to call the Sheriff’s Office and tell them it was just all one big mistake?
22 years old and acting crazy enough to break into a home and assault someone, over nothing but an ex-girlfriend? It’s probably time to grow up and realize that there will be things in your life that make you mad, but you can’t go breaking into everyone’s house and trying to hurt them because of it. I do hope for his sake that he will grow up soon, and that this isn’t some sort of violent and unsafe personality only beginning to show itself in him. And as far as the young lady goes, at least she has been shown his true colors and knows now that she shouldn’t have someone like that in her life.
I talked to dalton this morning and he said this aint evening the story behind all this if his business is gonna be broadcasted and yall are gonna ruin his name at least get your story right. This town is full of hypocrites, people get on here and comment on these stories knowing they have done some of the things that these so called criminals have done but they just didnt get caught doing it. I dont agree with this website simply because of the comment board and the stories are misleading.
Caveman days are over. Fighting is not the way to win true love. She does have a mind and I sure capable of deciding who she wants to be with.
He was a few grades below me at Northview… How embarassing is this?! … Time to grow up Dalton!
Always fun to see the true colors of former classmates come out. But I’m pretty sure we aren’t in highschool anymore, so I think its time to stop fighting over girls now.
this boy is lucky he did not get shot! if convicted he will be going to the jailhouse for a while.
so much senseless violence today.