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Escaped Murder Suspect, Child Sex Offender Captured In Pensacola
October 28, 2012
A murder suspect and convicted sex offender that escaped from an Alabama jail on Saturday was taken into custody Sunday afternoon in Florida.
Cedric Jerome Floyd escaped from the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton, Ala., about 10:15 Saturday morning. He was arrested about 4:20 p.m. Sunday as he was walking near Pace Boulevard and Clarinda Lane, just south of the Pace-Palafox split, in Pensacola. He was transported to the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail where he will await extradition back to Alabama.
He was awaiting trial for the January 2, 2012, murder of Tina Roshell Jones, 43, inside her 5th Avenue residence in Atmore. Floyd is also a registered sex offender, convicted in 2003 in Escambia County, Ala., of first degree rape and first degree attempted sodomy on a 14-year old female.
Jones, the murder victim, called 911 at 12:46 Sunday morning, January 2 to report that Floyd was breaking into her home. Two minutes later, Atmore Police officers arrived and found Jones lying in the floor of the home with what appeared to be several gunshot wounds, according to Atmore Police. She was transported to Atmore Community Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
“Witnesses at the scene said they were asleep, but were waken by Floyd demanding keys to a vehicle. After several moments, Floyd fled the scene on foot,” said Jason Dean, Atmore Police chief, said shortly after the crime.
“While officers were at the residence, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from Cedric Jerome Floyd, 28 years of age, the boyfriend of Jones, stating he wanted to turn himself in. Deputies responded to Freemanville Drive where Floyd met officers. Floyd was then taken into custody,” said Dean.
Police said Floyd made forcible entry into the home through Jones’ bedroom window in the rear of the home.
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23 Responses to “Escaped Murder Suspect, Child Sex Offender Captured In Pensacola”
GOOD WORK to all law enforcement who helped in this capture.
I’m sure many people are sleeping better since the capture.
NE.com has once again come through for the people. Our thanks to William for keeping us informed.
CONSIDERING:
“We have enough muderous perverts in Florida, we don’t need ay more from Alabama, thank you.”
What’s one more?
Proud? They are the ones responsible for the lack of security at the facility. We wouldn’t need them working all night if he would have never escaped. You can toot that horn somewhere else.
Sherriff Grover Smith,Cheif Mike Lambert and their dedicted force worked around the clock to catch this man. The people of Escambia County Ala. should be proud to have people who do so much with so little resources. Not to mention, no one at the Escambia Couty Sherrif’s Dept. (Ala.) is getting rich doing their jobs.
We have enough muderous perverts in Florida, we don’t need ay more from Alabama, thank you.
So glad this murderer is back behind bars. Thank god they caught him cuz myself and my family also live very very close to where they found him! I hope he gets a longer stay for escaping and how did he escape anyways????? Somebody was slackin on their job BIG TIME!
my family needs some closer I am so glad he back behine bars
I am so glad that he is back behind bars my family needs so closer
Good job LEOs!!!
THANK GOD THE BAD GUYS AND GOOD GUYS DIDNT GET HURT
so glad they got him! i live about 2 miles from jail & have been worried sick
The mayor of Century did not fly. His son Freddie W. McCall Jr FBO manager at the Brewton Airport flew all day Saturday.
Just to let everyone know there was no federal task force that caught him. The US Marshall’s were going to start working on the case till Monday. The ESCAMBIA County Sheriffs (FL) arrested him with help from ESCAMBIA County Sheriffs (AL). Great job by our LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT !!!!
The Mayor Of Century flew his airplane arround in Brewton ALL day Saturday trying to catch him.Even though he is not a office of the law he helped. Hope Escambia County, Alabama pays for his fuel.
i’m so happy people like him deserve to be locked up i want to thank all the law inforcement officers that was in on his capture a big thank you for your hard work and dedacation now i can sleep
way to go whoever helped get this guy
They got him!!!
A Federal Task Force caught him.
And thank you William for posting this quickly and all the other stories so quickly!
whew, what a relief. I didn’t figure he would come back to this area but people are so crazy you never really know. Thank you law enforcement for everything you do to keep citizens safe!
Thats funny hes back where he deserves to be i wonder if i can buy a front row seat for when the Alabama department of corrections executes him. He is a horrible person and i hope he gets what he deserves. Great job Escambia Fla. and Alabama
Good job law enforcement, good job NorthEscambia.com
Glad he’s back in jail.
I want to know how northescambia.com is so fast??? I think this was posted before they put him in the back of the police car!!!
Good work to our law enforcement in AL and FL. A thank you to the citizens that helped.