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Sheriff’s Investigator Returns Priceless Braille Books To Minister; One Charged With Theft

Thanks to the work of an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Investigator, a couple of priceless notebooks have been returned to a blind minister.

About a year ago, a car belonging to the wife of an evangelist in Century was burglarized. The car window was smashed and a number of items were stolen including some electrical items and clothes. The greatest loss of property in the theft, however, were two large notebooks.

ECSO Investigator David Preston learned the notebooks continued braille writings, notes and sermons…a collection amassed over a period of several years. The value of the books to the evangelist was simply beyond estimation.

Preston went to work on the case and located forensic evidence that led positively to 19-year old Taylor Blade Scott, who was already in the Escambia County Jail charged with other burglaries in the Century area. In an effort to located the books, Preston interviewed Scott who told him that he did not remember committing the robbery. He said was staying high on spice and bath salts during that time and cannot remember events during that period. But Scott said he would have put any stolen items in an old house next to where he was living.

The braille binders were located there and are being returned. Scott will be charged with burglary of an automobile and grand theft in this case.

Scott was arrested back in September for several commercial and residential burglaries in the Century area. He remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.