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Century Man Charged With Pepper-Spraying Two Deputies And His Mother
June 24, 2021
A Century man is facing multiple charges after allegedly pepper-spraying two deputies and his mother.
Johnathon Robert Baldwin, 21, was charged with two counts of felony battery on a law enforcement officer, two counts of felony resisting arrest and one county of battery in a domestic violence situation.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Offices responded to the Century Park Apartments on 2nd Street where Baldwin had reportedly sprayed his mother with pepper spray and was possible armed with a knife, bow and arrow, or a pellet gun.
The victim told deputies that Baldwin is schizophrenic and was in possession of pepper spray he had ordered on the internet because dead people speak to him and he was afraid of “the purge”. She stated she had removed several canisters of pepper spray from his room before he pulled a can of pepper spray out of his pocket and sprayed across the front of her body, including part of her face. She was evaluated on scene by Escambia County EMS.
When deputies arrived and entered the apartment, Baldwin was standing with one hand hidden. Deputies gave him several commands to show his hands before he ran at two deputies in an aggressive manner, raised his right hand and pepper-sprayed both, according to an arrest report. He then retreated to a bedroom and slammed the door. A deputy kicked the door open.
Two deputies attempted to take Baldwin into custody, but he pulled away and pepper-sprayed both deputies in their faces and eyes, the report states. With deputies fearing that Baldwin might have other weapons within his reach, he was tased and taken into custody.
Deputies learned Baldwin had overdosed on an antipsychotic drug, and he was transported by Escambia County EMS to Jay Hospital for treatment.
He was later released from the Escambia County Jail on a $3,000 bond.
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21 Responses to “Century Man Charged With Pepper-Spraying Two Deputies And His Mother”
Thank you officers!
Thank you for showing the professional way to deal with a very sad situation.
Even after being assaulted with chemicals these men were professional and as compassionate as possible and conducted themselves appropriately. I am not
a first responder but can certainly recognize honorable behaviour, something
not easily found in the world today. I sincerely hope that they will be recognized
for this incedent.
Crystal, People are NOT missing the point. Everyone realizes that a lot of these offenders are mentally ill or fly higher than a kite on drugs – but the fact remains they are just as dangerous and you can get hurt or killed just the same
I agree with JTV.
I wonder if Baldwin had killed a LEO the judge might have been “tough” and set his bond at a whopping 4 thousand dollars
@Crystal, he can get the meds while serving time for his assaults. My concerns are for the LEOs and his mother.
People literally keep missing the point. He is mentally ill and needs to seek medical treatment. He didn’t even realize what he was doing probably. Have some compassion his could be your family.
Dead people are talking to me too! They are saying that Jonathan need to be up at Chatahoochie. Locked up!
What happened is unfortunate and could have turned for the worse. The man is mentally ill and needs to do time at an inpatient psych. facility. He can have his medications adjusted, be observed and evaluated, and return to society when it is clear he can function without incident. That is how it works.
Good job LEO. After reading the article, this could have ended so differently.
Thank you LEO’S for all you do.
Good job ESCO!
There are schedules for how much bond is set. If people want to change that here, contact your State Reps. It’s not just up to the Judge. The guidelines are set according to past arrests, circumstances surrounding the crime(s), etc. Bond for resisting/ battery on an LEO should definitely be raised. God bless our Law Enforcement Officers and thank you!
Kudos to the officers for deactivating the problem. This could have become deadly.
What I see here is a job well done by law enforcement
This is a very sad situation for mother and all to deal with. Schizophrenia in a person is a nightmare to handle for the person with it and the people around them. I am glad that no one was seriously injured in the incident and I pray the young man gets his meds regulated for this .You are not born with schizophrenia; you develop it during your lifetime and there is no cure, only medications to keep it under control. While we would all like to be perfect and have perfect children * like some of you in the comments) some of us deal with imperfections! I do hope and pray that “Sam” and “TJ” never have to deal with this in their families!
You know people, if you don’t like the laws on the books (that’s what determines bail or not), you can always petition your elected officials to change them.
The other problem is the mental health issues in this country. More and more younger people are unable to deal with ANYTHING (thank you everyone gets a trophy parents). So until you deal with that, this trend will continue.
@Bewildered
used to be NO BOND for domestic violence.
felony battery on LEO bond should be 50,000.00 each count
What should the bond be? We, as a society need to make up our minds what to do with out of control people like this. We expect law enforcement officers to judge and handle every situation at a moment’s notice correctly and if they slip up we prosecute them and award the person who was wrongly arrested or mishandled millions of dollars. In this case no matter what the Bond amount, the guy is still being chased by dead people and is living not in reality.
A bond is set to insure the guilty will return to court. Its not to be used as a tool to keep people in jail. We are innocent intil proven quilty
Being a LEO has to be the hardest job in the world.
He has no respect for LEOs so what makes us think he would have any respect for his Mother? We need to bring back the state hospitals for people like this, back then they were not walking amongst us and they made sure they took their medications.
Good Job on the Deputies part. No one seriously injured and the assailant gets treatment, while mom gets a break.
so he is a nut case and pepper sprays police and his mother and he gets turned loose? am i missing something?
Once again, $3000 bond for domestic violence and attacking law enforcement, ridiculous.