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ECSO: Cantonment Taxi Driver Threatens To Kill Ex-girlfriend Via Facebook, Put Gun In Her Face
April 2, 2019
A taxi driver from Cantonment has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and pulling a gun on her.
Eric Emmanuel Fray, Jr., was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, transmitting electronic communication of threats to do bodily harm, possession of a weapon while engaged in a criminal offense, and possession of a concealed firearm.
The victim told deputies that Fray, 25, was upset because she gave their now 5-month old child away to an adoption agency. She reported that Fray sent her Facebook messages from his account telling her to step outside so he could do bodily harm to her, and if not he would “shoot her car up,” an arrest report states.
Fray’s ex-girlfriend attempted to leave her residence, but her vehicle was cut off by taxi cab driven by Fray. He walked over brandishing a firearm that he pointed directly in face, according to the report, while threatening to kill her and her family. Fray then drove away in the taxi.
The victim reported that she began to receive additional Facebook messages from Fray threatening to kill her and her family. The victim stated Fay said “she was lucky he still cared about her a little or he would have left her dead in the car when he saw her,” the arrest report states.
With the victim’s permission, an Escambia County deputy use her phone to send a Facebook message to Fray’s Facebook account.
“And did you really have to pull a gun on me? We could have talked like adults without your gun,” the deputy wrote.
The reply stated: “I was gonna shoot yo [expletive] car up yes I had to pull my gun you think im just talking.”
The cab company told deputies that GPS in the taxi driven by Fray had traveled around the victim’s residence numerous times and was in the area for over an hour despite having no taxi pick ups in the area.
Using GPS data provided by the cab company, deputies located Fray several miles away with a firearm in his possession.
Fray remained in the Escambia County Jail Monday with bond set at $45,000.
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8 Responses to “ECSO: Cantonment Taxi Driver Threatens To Kill Ex-girlfriend Via Facebook, Put Gun In Her Face”
I don’t know either of these two supposedly adults. If the mother and father can not care for this infant, then the mother is doing the right thing. The kind of violence presented by the father could be an endangerment to the infant, the mother, and her family.
Give the infant a right to live. The adoption agency is in charge now.
The father (Fray) – what a dummy driving around in a cab with a video as he visited her residence brandishing a gun.
Good job Law Enforcement to get Fray to answer back on Facebook. That proves you never know who is on the other end of the line.
The baby had a wonderful mom and she made the adoptive couple so happy May God bless all of them. I don’t see much hope for the father of the child and cannot believe he could actually post bond!
Giving up the child…… Gives it almost a 100% chance at life.
But to this guy she was giving up on a check.
Yikes, not sure of the name of the taxi company but y’all … Dang, just sayin’
Such a distinguished looking gentleman…
@Bewildered – Do you know how many babies she has had? Do you know what kind of person she is? Maybe she felt that the baby would have a better life with someone else instead of giving the child up to the father who is obviously disturbed.
Another sad “baby momma” drama. Both must have given up their parental rights at the time the baby was given up for adoption and now he regrets this decision. Why do people like this keep making babies ?
Hopefully the child will be placed with a loving family. Ex – taxi driver just made a whole bunch of problems for himself by carrying a concealed weapon for offensive purposes. Cab company needs serious review of hiring practices.