Deputies: Man Robbed Four Hwy 29 Businesses To Pay Girlfriend’s Court Costs

January 25, 2013

An Escambia County man was busted Thursday for a string of robberies on Highway 29, allegedly committed so that he could pay his girlfriend’s court costs.

Marquis Baldwin, 22, was charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm, six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He remains in the Escambia County Jail with a total bond of $80,000.00

Deputies said he used a pump-action BB gun during the robbery four businesses on Highway 29 — November 30 at the the Kangaroo gas station at 7950 Pensacola Boulevard, December 6, 2012 at the Waffle House at 7999 Pensacola Boulevard, January 3 and January 9 at the Waffle House at 6913 Pensacola Boulevard.

Baldwin told investigators that he committed the robberies in order to pay off his girlfriend’s probation costs, which deputies said were paid in full after the January robbery.

Comments

14 Responses to “Deputies: Man Robbed Four Hwy 29 Businesses To Pay Girlfriend’s Court Costs”

  1. MQ on January 26th, 2013 2:36 pm

    @cygie – Love your comment!!

  2. Terri Sanders on January 26th, 2013 12:45 pm

    Hopefully his girlfriend will reciprocate???You know …you scratch my back ..I’ll scratch yours…

  3. David Huie Green on January 26th, 2013 11:55 am

    Whether or not a BB gun is a deadly weapon has been disputed by the Florida Supreme Court but they left it up to a jury to decide on a case by case basis. If the jury examines the gun and decides it qualifies, it IS a deadly weapon. If they are simply told what it might do, their finding is in dispute.

    I have taken a multi-pump BB gun and shot through a steel one-gallon paint can filled with water, leaving an entry and an exit hole. That one would have easily penetrated a person and his heart. A deadly weapon doesn’t have to kill to be a deadly weapon, it can just do great damage. Shooting out an eye should easily qualify and I know at least one person who can testify they will do that.

    Actually, any BB gun could be considered a deadly weapon because it could be used as a club to beat someone to death with. One thing which is not in doubt is that it was armed robbery because the robber simply has to indicate he was armed to convince the victim for it to be armed robbery, even if he wasn’t actually carrying any weapon.

    David for taking the robber at his word
    and convicting accordingly

  4. mick on January 25th, 2013 6:37 pm

    Hey dimwit, pay her court costs and incur your own…needs to be removed from society based on stupidity

  5. 429SCJ on January 25th, 2013 2:12 pm

    Amen Mark.

  6. pm on January 25th, 2013 2:12 pm

    Hey Matt, When someone sticks a gun in your face or at your belly are you going to be cool and ask “Is that a bb gun or a toy or is it the real deal?”as for your question is it a deadly weapon or firearm – I’m not going to take time to ask if it pointed at me — I am just going to comply and give them what they want. Obviously the State of Florida has designated the bb”GUN” a GUN so that is your answer YES it is.

  7. Mark on January 25th, 2013 12:52 pm

    and they say chivalry is dead!

  8. pm on January 25th, 2013 12:45 pm

    Some people are just plain and simple idiots–but if he used the money for Court Costs or Cost of Supervision — it is doubtful if FL DOC or The Clerk of Court will return the money to the robbery victims. Guess the girlfriend will out and about having a good time while he is in prison. My guess is that no “friendly” judge will give him House Arrest or Probation for these crimes. That is presuming no ASA makes a sweetheart deal and drops the charges to MMDS. OF course this is all based on the presumption he is found guilty. Would not like to judge this misguided young man who made a poor decision.

  9. Mike K on January 25th, 2013 10:54 am

    feeble-minded, defined

  10. Sane American on January 25th, 2013 10:25 am

    @FredS,
    I like your style there!!

  11. Matt on January 25th, 2013 10:16 am

    So when does BB gun constitute being a firearm? Or even a deadly weapon?

  12. FredS on January 25th, 2013 6:57 am

    Does this mean the court is in possession of stolen property or are they guilty of accepting stolen money or something that the average private citizen would be arrested for? I wonder if they will return the stolen money? Just askin’

  13. cygie on January 25th, 2013 6:50 am

    Well a BB gun does hold more than 15 rounds, so I guess it will be banned. More people die from obesity than guns, so forks are assault weapons?

  14. Jane on January 25th, 2013 4:25 am

    Now I suppose they will want to outlaw BB guns. Guess now the girlfriend can try to get him out. Hmmmmmmm.

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