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Man Charged With Pointing Gun At Two People Playing Basketball On Tate Road
December 26, 2019
A Cantonment man was charged with allegedly pointed a gun at two people as they played basketball near a local road.
Kenneth Lee Pedicord, 18, was booked into the Escambia County Jail two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Pedicord was allegedly the passenger in a vehicle that stopped as two people were playing basketball at a residence near the road in the 1200 block of Tate Rate. Pedicord allegedly asked the victims if they wanted any marijuana before pointing a handgun in their direction. Both victims ran into a nearby wooded area.
Pedicord was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
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19 Responses to “Man Charged With Pointing Gun At Two People Playing Basketball On Tate Road”
For those of you that have no legal experience. The judge does not set the bond amount. The arresting officer does, by Florida statutes!!
YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS TO ME THE GOOD GUYS ARE DAMN IF THEY DO AND DAMN IF THEY DONT.NO WONDER OUR WORLD IS SO SCREWD UP.
So, let me see if I understand this. Was pointing a gun, at a potential buyer of illicit drugs some sort of high pressure sales pitch? Was it to try and leverage their silence? Was a gun or drugs found when the person was apprehended? Why were there no charges for the drugs, guns, or the use of the gun in the commission of the crime? The story does not seem to add up…..
@Cathy M;
Nowhere in this article does it say it was CHILDREN that the gun was pointed towards. How queer of you to assume that they aren’t “legal adults” as well.
Seriously? Are you kidding me?
Cathy, in my experience, if a judge is assigning such a low bond, it’s because the case doesn’t make sense. Things aren’t adding up. Judges assign real bonds for people they think are truly guilty and deserve to be in jail. Baby bonds like this are for people that the judge is pretty confident isn’t guilty, or there’s not going to be enough evidence to actually have a case.
How can we even hope to reduce crime in Pensacola when our judges assign such a low bond– $1,000 for pointing a gun at two children? This was a legal adult pointing a gun at children playing basketball- incredible.
I will be pushing the issue!!! One of the kids was mine that he pointed the gun at!!!!! I WILL BE AT EVERY SINGLE COURT HEARING!!!! I will NOT BE A LAY DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO MY 14 year old child!!!!!!!!
I’m just saying, people comment on this site all the time, not knowing anything. I know this guy, and his family. Remember, innocent until proven guilty. I have 1000% faith that this didn’t actually happen, and people are making false allegations. People are so quick to comment and judge. Obviously we want our county to be safe, but we also don’t want innocent people going down on some incorrect information.
The judge that set that bond needs investigated 2 x felony ..$ 1,000.00
Judge must have been celebrating ….
I know that kid. He comes into my store all the time. If only we knew what he was capable of.
I’ve had a way higher bond for driving without a license and this kid was soliciting kids to buy drugs and brandishing weapons smdh
if i remember right, that’s 100 dollars. pitiful. ya think the justice system is a joke?
That bond is an absolute joke.
Deserves everything he gets!!!
He needs to work on his salesmanship.
$1000 bond? Are you kidding? A couple more rounds through some neighborhoods and he’ll have that covered. This is not a kid. 18 years old. This guy should be locked up without bond. Given his sentence of about 20 years so that the people can get back to their basketball game safely.
OMG…..point a gun at someone I love ……..you probably would not have made it to jail.With such a low bond,you may have well just taken him to Dairy Queen for Lords sake……………what a slap on the hand…………… $1,000 bond……..chicken feed………
Damn, Lee. Get it together! You’re family.