Cantonment Man Charged With Arson, Aggravated Stalking

August 3, 2017

A Cantonment man has been arrested in connection with a house fire at the Santa Rosa County home of the mother of his two children.

Brannon Creel, age 40 of Well Line Road, was charged with the fire that burned a home in the 3800 block of Legend Creek Drive in Pace.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the home on Legend Creek Driver in Pace on a domestic violence complaint. They arrived to find the Pace Fire Department extinguishing a fire in the home.

The victim said Creel was at her home “looking for his pistol”. She told deputies that Creel “constantly makes threats toward her and that he has been texting her about taking his pistol back.”

The victim also told deputies that she has two children with Creel, and an domestic violence injunction that prevents contact between them unless it is in regards to the children. Creel told Santa Rosa County deputies that he was in Cantonment the entire day of the fire.

Creel was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail for contempt of court, aggravated stalking, burglary and arson. He was being held without bond.

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14 Responses to “Cantonment Man Charged With Arson, Aggravated Stalking”

  1. Lamar Hilliard on June 14th, 2019 6:04 pm

    Mr.Creel and I was in lock down together, he gave me very encouraging words, I pray God sees him through his situation we prayed and read our bibles, spoke on how the bible is life. He seems to be handling everything ok and he continues his medication for PTSD. I knew he was a VET by talking to hum because my father served. He also trained me in a few nice fighting moves. Overall, God has his hands on Mr.Creel

  2. Grandma Believer on August 4th, 2017 9:08 pm

    Mr. O’Rear, have you taken into consideration the overall spiritual warfare going on and on until the King of Kings sets all in order? The countries that have “with the lowest percentages of citizens participating in religious faith (countries like Japan, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark) have the lowest violent crime rates on the planet. (and) Even within our own country, least theistic states tend to fare better than their counterparts” are places the enemy of God does NOT have to work so hard!
    The most theistic areas are the battlefield where the enemy wages war so as to bring down the name of Christ and hinder His Kindgom work. “There is a way that seems right unto man, but the end thereof leads to destruction.”

  3. 429SCJ on August 4th, 2017 5:55 pm

    Prayers for the creel family, they have certainly had more than their fair share of problems through the years,

  4. Daleb on August 4th, 2017 5:18 am

    Federal law prohibits the possession of a firearm by anyone convicted of domestic violence.

  5. Sunny on August 4th, 2017 12:24 am

    Hopefully Brannon will learn his lesson after spending a few months in jail. I say a few months, because our justice system is cracked up. You don’t harass your estranged family and torment your children by setting their home on fire. That domestic violence injunction is often ignored as in this situation. Prayers for this family.

  6. Nod on August 3rd, 2017 10:02 pm

    They will be a lot more people in hell than in heaven. The wide road leads to destruction.

  7. mick on August 3rd, 2017 5:25 pm

    Opinions aside, here’s some facts: domestic violence injunction in place, obviously lying to LEO’s, and most likely an arsonist – the safety of the children and mother should be paramount he should not own a firearm based on his violent behavior toward his own family. Behind bars is his own personal choice.

  8. EMD on August 3rd, 2017 12:42 pm

    Amen to what these have written.

  9. Louis O'Rear on August 3rd, 2017 12:37 pm

    Ben Franklin tracked his positive and negative behaviors in a diary, marking each of his negative or sinful behaviors with a black dot. Bringing an update to his journal, scientist tracked over 1200 people using an app on their smart phone. They tracked their sins and good deeds. This new data confirmed what psychologist had already believed and predicted… religious and nonreligious individuals are equally prone to committing immoral acts. To further my point, Donald, studies show that faith and goodness are not necessarily connected. Further data on crime rates and societies around the world show the democratic countries with the lowest percentages of citizens participating in religious faith (countries like Japan, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark) have the lowest violent crime rates on the planet. Even within our own country, least theistic states tend to fare better than their counterparts. I know good people of faith and bad people of faith. It is likely that you do, too. I know good people who are atheist or agnostic, and bad people of similar thought. I’m pretty sure you do, too. I fully understand the point you are making, Donald. If strictly adhered to, the teachings of the Christian faith produce virtuous people. I agree, and I speak from a point of experience because I am a Christian. Alas, we are humans and we suffer from failings, often major, harmful failings. I wager if the following virtues were adhered to, we would live in a better world: Patience, kindness, honesty, self-control, courage, love, respect, responsibility, fairness, compassion, empathy, understanding, generosity, don’t clown around electricity, frugality, integrity. Let us all hope (and pray?) that everything works out for this family. Peace and love, y’all! I hope everyone has a great day!

  10. Wally on August 3rd, 2017 11:54 am

    Amen Donald

    The amazing thing is that even as bad as we get, God still loves us.
    God will help, when we are willing to admit we need His help and repeat and ask for it.

  11. Karen Driver on August 3rd, 2017 11:31 am

    Well said Donald.

  12. anne 1of2 on August 3rd, 2017 11:19 am

    That pistol needs to be parked with the police or we will be reading about this family again.

  13. Jamie on August 3rd, 2017 10:49 am

    I’m with this guy!!! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Amen!!!

  14. Donald Neese on August 3rd, 2017 7:59 am

    I don’t know if he’s guilty or not….but somebody is. These stories are an everyday occurrence now. Our social infrastructure is not just falling it’s CRASHING!!! When we began to teach the mass of children they evolved instead of being created by an all seeing all knowing God then the final authority of God’s Word became meaningless to them. If the Bible is not the final authority for truth then ultimately there is no one to answer to. If we evolved then there is no God, man has no soul and there is no one to eventually judge us….So…humanity becomes their own god with no sense of right or wrong and homes get burned and children are left with a life of chaos.

    God help us.