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Manhunt Leads To Arrest Of Man For Stealing From Bristol Park Flood Victims
October 8, 2020
A suspect accused of stealing from flood victims in Bristol Park was arrested after a manhunt Thursday morning.
Darin Anthony Mathis, 35, was allegedly stealing items from abandoned flood damaged cars along Bristol Park Road in Cantonment, according to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Andrew Hobbs.
Mathis was charged with burglary, criminal mischief with property damage, possession of burglary tools, grand theft, resisting arrest, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possession of paraphernalia. He also had outstanding warrants for failure to appear for a felony offense, fleeing and eluding and driving with a suspended license. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail without bond.
Hobbs said patrol deputies and a K-9 responded quickly and established a perimeter after the incident was reported, leading to the capture.
The area was flooded during Hurricane Sally, and multiple damaged vehicles were left behind along Bristol Park Road.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour and reader submitted photos, click to enlarge. Mathis is pictured in a 2019 mugshot from a previous arrest.
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15 Responses to “Manhunt Leads To Arrest Of Man For Stealing From Bristol Park Flood Victims”
Can’t get much lower than stealing from victims of a flood…
Bristol Park was built in a flood zone. Didn’t the county buy all the homes a couple of years ago and demolish them?
DLo The article said “from abandoned flood vehicles”. Maybe that’s the way the ECSO wrote it up. As others stated, people are probably waiting on inusrance to tell them what to do next.
“Darin Anthony Mathis, 35, was allegedly stealing items from abandoned flood damaged cars along Bristol Park Road in Cantonment, according to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Andrew Hobbs.”
I don’t understand thieves. They want the stuff so bad they are willing to chance being shot. Do they even think “tonight I could come back with some stuff or I could be murdered….hmmm….sounds like a good deal. I like my chances.”
Cut one of his hands off, heck a couple of fingers and see if he tries to steal again
Don’t take stuff that does not belong to you. Cars wasn’t abandoned, imo. We just went thru Hurricane sally. Lock him up!
No, Susie B, it was not verified that these were abandoned, that’s why the man was arrested…for stealing.
He gripes about people beating him up and stealing from him on his Facebook page but then he goes around stealing from other people. Karma get you much there bubba? Had a jack under it likely trying to steal the catalytic converters out of the exhaust. Seems like that’s gotten popular again.
What a maroon…..
What’s new? Ohhh nothing.
Several cars and houses we’re destroyed/flooded in this neighborhood. Im sure they’re waiting for their insurance company to come get the totaled vehicles.
he’s either really desperate or completely amoral because that’s pretty low.
Was it verified that these were “abandoned/left behind”? Although there was a LOT of household items by the curb for pick up for many days, cars parked on the road or right of way should NOT be considered abandoned. Many people had to park on the curb so they could put their belongings in their driveways and see what they could salvage. Yes, many vehicles were flooded but not necessarily abandoned. People really need to check themselves before taking from those who have suffered enough.A friend has been working over there trying to salvage a home since Sally
When looking at the Sheriff Office call log this morning, I saw the K9 call-out and a Crime Scene follow-up call, but I was wondering what the “original” call was to necessitate K9 and Crime Scene. This article explains it. Its good the thief was arrested.
Just sorta makes me wonder what else is occurring in Cantonment that gets hid from view on the Sheriff Office call log. If an incident doesnt appear in the dispatch call log, it also wont appear on any “crime spotter” map which citizens can review to see what crime is happening around them.
What kind of crappy person steals from folks that already have had their lives turned upside down from flood damage from the Hurricane! I hope karma catches up to the guilty person soon. What a scumbag!!