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Cantonment Man Leads Deputies On Foot Chase; Charged With Robbery, Assault, Drugs
January 7, 2016
A Cantonment man as been charged in connection with an alleged robbery of a person off Nine Mile Road.
Anthony Antonio Purifoy, age 21 of Robinson Street, was charged with robbery with a firearm, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Purifoy allegedly went to an address on Jasma Lane off West Nine Mile Road last October and called the victim and told him to step outside his residence. The victim said that when he went outside he encountered a subject later identified as Purifoy who pulled out a handgun in attempt to rob the victim. The victim reported that he tussled with Puriifoy and was able to run away, hearing a gunshot as he ran.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office later received a call from a relative of Purifoy stating that he was responsible for the incident on Jasma Lane, and that the victim had threatened to “shoot up the area” in Cantonment and kill Purifoy, according to an arrest report. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Purifoy was taken into custody this week after a foot chase with deputies in the are of Robinson Street and Taylor Road in Cantonment. At the time of his arrest, he allegedly had both powder and crack cocaine, and marijuana in his possession, and he first provided deputies with a false name.
For the Cantonment incident, Purify was also charged with possession of cocaine, resisting without violence, providing a false name to a law enforcement officer and possession of marijuana. He was also charged with violating probation in an outstanding grand theft auto case and failure to appear in a misdemeanor driver’s license case.
Purifoy remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $515,000.
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13 Responses to “Cantonment Man Leads Deputies On Foot Chase; Charged With Robbery, Assault, Drugs”
So sad that such a darling good hearted child could turn into a thief. I will be praying that he realizes the true meaning of life while he is incarcerated.
GET A JOB LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP ROBBING AND STEALING YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
Tasha now you gotta find another Boy.
@tasha
So the police didn’t find powder and crack cocain on his person when they caught him after he ran from them. Is that the part that’s not true or the part where he attempted to rob someone a few months back.
If they would bring back The Chain Gangs like they had back in the 60’s you wouldn’t see half the crime you see now, but Crime and Cancer are a whole lot alike, they don’t want to stop either one of them, there is too much money to be made.
Tasha… He’s a be’s a good boy right???
Clerk of the court says different. Quit making excuses and call a spade a spade.
Tasha said, “Don’t judge no one if u don’t know eats going on nd everything you read nd hear is not true !!”
Hey Tasha! Which part is not true? The part where he held up the dude with a gun? The part where he ran from the police? The part where he gave a false name? The part where he had cocaine, marijuana, and crack on him? Or were none of those things true and the officers got it all wrong???
Don’t judge no one if u don’t know eats going on nd everything you read nd hear is not true !!
Jasma Lane is in Ensley and an unsolved murder of a 25 year old about 8-10 years ago.
All this and just 21.….How good will be be at 40?
bye bye “sucka”
Wow, 21 and all this trouble. I know the Lord will forgive him if he asks, but there are consequences for his actions.
Lord I pray for this generation to realize it’s not about them and their selfies, but you and you alone.
See what all you have to do to get a high Bond.