Man Charged With Burglarizing Home, Attacking Three People

May 27, 2015

A Walnut Hill man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly burglarizing an occupied home and attacking three people inside.

Thomas Zacheriah Mason, 26, is accused of entering the home of his ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child. Once inside, he reportedly attacked three people with a golf club. One person inside the home tried to defend himself with a baseball bat, but Mason hit him in the arm with the golf club, causing him to drop the bat, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Mason then allegedly began attacking the victim with the bat.

When deputies responded to the home, the three victims had visible injuries, including one that had the outline of a golf club head and grooves on his ribcage, the report states. All three refused medical treatment.

According to the ex-girlfriend, Mason had moved out of the home over a month before the incident had no belongings inside and no right to enter.

Mason was taken into custody after a deputy on patrol spotted his vehicle at Muscogee Road and Pace Parkway with an inoperable tag light. During the traffic stop, deputies reported finding marijuana inside the wrapper of a cigarette pack.

Mason was charged with armed burglary of an occupied dwelling, three felony counts of a aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief property damage, possession of marijuana less tan 20 grams and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. He remained in the Escambia County Jail early Wednesday morning with bond set at $111,500.

Comments

8 Responses to “Man Charged With Burglarizing Home, Attacking Three People”

  1. robert martin on May 30th, 2015 11:12 am

    Maybe now she will arm herself and be prepared if it ever happens again

  2. concernedcitizen on May 28th, 2015 8:56 am

    Zack is an old friend I know the real Zack let’s just remember theirs always two sides to the story

  3. shthal on May 27th, 2015 8:24 pm

    Would not be a judgment if the house was properly armed.

  4. TheOtherSide on May 27th, 2015 8:55 am

    Baseball Bat ……… Golf Club ……….. I believe this story should go in the Sports Section ……… Although it is missing the Hockey Stick

  5. BT on May 27th, 2015 8:15 am

    Maybe this next judge will prohibit him from possessing sporting goods.

  6. jeeperman on May 27th, 2015 7:06 am

    He is a convicted felon.
    At least he obeyed the law and did not have/use a gun.
    See how that worked out, not.

  7. jeeperman on May 27th, 2015 7:04 am

    Just some more footnotes to his long rap sheet.

  8. SHO-NUFF on May 27th, 2015 12:58 am

    Forget a Ball Bat,
    A firearm as small as a .22 cal. would of stopped this situation.

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