SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully With Two Jailed

September 6, 2013

A man and his girlfriend were jailed Thursday afternoon after a standoff with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team.

When deputies attempted to serve a felon violation of probation warrant on 28-year old Joshua Randell Mauldin on Appaloosa Avenue, he barricaded himself in the home and refused to exit. Deputies said he was armed with a gun and was inside his home with his girlfriend, Brittany Slay.

Mauldin and Slay were ordered several times to exit to the home but did not. The Santa Rosa County SWAT team arrived  and began to make entry into the home. Both suspects surrendered,  and a gun was located inside the residence.

While in the back of a patrol car, Mauldin began to kick both rear doors of the vehicle, causing permanent damage to the law enforcement vehicle.

In addition to an outstanding felony violation of probation warrant, Mauldin was charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure, two counts of grand theft, two counts of dealing in stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, forgery of a check, uttering a forged instrument. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond.

Slay was charged with possession of listed chemicals and manufacturing a controlled substance. Her bond was set at $25,000.

Pictured above and below: The scene of a SWAT standoff Thursday afternoon in Santa Rosa County. Photos courtesy Rodayne Hart WEAR TV for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully With Two Jailed”

  1. mick on September 6th, 2013 6:09 pm

    A habitual offender, no regard for the law whatsoever, a contemptuous attitude towards law enforcement, wake up judge, put him away for 25 or 30 years if you don’t N.E.com will most likely be reporting on this convicted felon again…

  2. Stephen Jernigan on September 6th, 2013 1:56 am

    Great job of reporting

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