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Century Man Jailed After Getting Upset About Firemen Blocking Road While Working To Save Wreck Victim
December 24, 2019
A 70-year Century old man was apparently upset that first responders had blocked the road to extricate an accident victim from his vehicle.
James Wendall Gandy was charged obstruction of justice without violence after the incident Sunday night.
Escambia Fire Rescue was working to free a critically injured wreck victim from his truck on Highway 4A west of Century. Gandy approached the scene and began screaming at deputies to “move the [expletive] vehicles out of the road” so he could get to his house located a few yards away, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report.
Deputies told him several times to return to his vehicle, but Gandy continued to curse at them and refused to return to his vehicle, the arrest report states. He turned toward a deputy in an aggressive manner “as if he was going to punch him” before deputies physically escorted him from the scene to a patrol vehicle.
As deputies attempted to handcuff Gandy, he began to actively pull away and at one point tried to kick a deputy, the ECSO said.
The deputy noted in his report that Gandy appeared to be intoxicated and had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his breath.
Gandy remained in the Escambia County Jail Wednesday morning with bond set at $500.
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14 Responses to “Century Man Jailed After Getting Upset About Firemen Blocking Road While Working To Save Wreck Victim”
It is unfortunate that Mr.Gandy was inconvenienced. Perhaps, the time spent verbally abusing the Deputies and Fire Rescue personnel could have been better spent feeling compassion for the victim, the families involved and the emergency personnel involved. Normally, Mr. Gandy is probably a good man. His load was just too heavy for him to carry. We have all been there. Along with our criticism, we should have some compassion for Mr. Gandy. We are are all God’s children.
@fisherman
So, curious…How did he get his vehicle there if he wasn’t driving it? It did say he was trying to get home. Do you think, maybe, that he was just pushing the vehicle home?
@retired
Ok lets try this one more time on reading comprehension the article never states he was driving only that they told him to return to his vehicle several times he could have been a passenger.
@ Attention to detail!!!
12th line down or third paragraph, looks like you need to read
“Deputies told him several times to return to his vehicle, but Gandy continued to curse at them and refused to return to his vehicle,”
Even my family has at least one or two, who are a little too far in the outfield.
Prayers for the Gandy family.
@James
Please, show everyone where this article says that James Wendall Gandy was DRIVING the vehicle. No mention of that. It would seem that you, Sir, are less competent than you claim the ECSO to be.
good job Jimmy, how did that work out for you,,,
It’s pitiful that he’s still getting drunk at 70 yrs old. I’m sorry for his family.
C’mon. ‘Tis the season, a festive time of the year, a time of good will toward men. A clean T-shirt and a shave might be a good start.
Being able to be patient is a virtue, I was told.
merry christmas, this is what you can expect on the roads this holiday. be careful, they’re everywhere.
he should have a DUI charge also…
Christmas booze=stupidity
If this guy drove up to the scene smelling of alcohol and appearing intoxicated then why wasn’t he also charged with DUI? Also, “he….tried to kick a deputy”; this is considered violence and should have been charged accordingly. Either the reporting officer and/or the ECSO is not fully competent, or there were other circumstances that aren’t fully disclosed in the report.