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Man Arrested After Attic Standoff With Deputies
May 8, 2016
A battery suspect was arrested Saturday afternoon after a nearly two hour standoff with deputies Saturday afternoon.
Phillip Jernigan, 29, reportedly hid in the attic of a home in the 4300 block of Wycliff Drive off Johnson Avenue when deputies arrived to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office eventually fired tear gas into the attic, forcing Jernigan to come down out of the attic and surrender. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail where remained without bond Sunday morning.
Jernigan was charged with domestic battery by strangulation, possession of a weapon by convicted felon and resisting an officer.
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3 Responses to “Man Arrested After Attic Standoff With Deputies”
High marks to the police who get things right if they’re not firing 20,000 rounds in fear of their lives. (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.)
You do not have to be very smart to know that the cops are not going to just go away after they discover your hiding spot.
He came to tears about it.