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Cantonment Man With Violent Past Accused Of Beating, Kidnapping Woman
November 4, 2022
A Cantonment man with a violent past is facing felony charges for allegedly beating a woman and holding her down to force her from running out of the house for help.
Thomas Kevin Allen, 37, was charged this week with battery domestic violence second or subsequent offense and false imprisonment.
The victim told the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office that Allen had been drinking the night before the incident.
“He became enraged and began striking her in the face, head, torso, and legs with his fists against her will for several hours. She tried to run away to get help, but he held her down and continued striking her,” an arrest report states.
“I observed massive bruising to her torso and leg area along with a great deal of swelling to her head along with dried blood that had been partially wiped off,” the deputy noted in the report. The deputy said Allen smelled strongly of alcohol and marijuana and had what appeared to be dried blood on his shirt and hands.
The Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident due to a child in the home.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Allen was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in 2014 and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2019. He was released from state prison in February 2021.
Allen remained in the Escambia County Jail Friday morning with bond set at $10,000.
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10 Responses to “Cantonment Man With Violent Past Accused Of Beating, Kidnapping Woman”
And of course a lot of people don’t know what the code of prisoners is : so first of all child predators and as good as done !!!! W woman beater is next in line or a very close 1st !!! Point is when you get there and this time you will!!!! Be prepared to meet your maker !!!! These boys are waiting on you!!!! Have fun silly boy!!!!!
The bond is a joke. He needs to be put away. Intense counseling for the woman and the children. She keeps going back. He will eventually kill her. Something needs to be done. If she doesn’t stay away from him, at least get the kids out of this horrible situation. They watch their mom get beat. They are learning to be victims and/ or abusers.
@Susie. A well armed victim is better than any restraining order that could ever be issued.
@ Susie
I disagree with anything concerning any restraining order.
If you require one to keep a person away,that person needs to be locked up.
A piece of paper and GPS monitoring did not help my friend Carla Elaine Williams who went through this.
I worked with Carla and her dad.
Very honest and good people.
It shows the court system and its bureaucracies are extremely, extremely ineffective.
To many people have died at the hands of that legal system bureaucracy.
At least you care.
This girl should get a restraining order NOW, stay away and certainly keep her kid away. These guys are sick. Sweet talking one minute then angry as h*ll the next. He’s probably beating her because of his own beatings in prison. Weak to beat on a woman. Hopefully, a woman will beat his rear one day.
$10,000 bond???
He’s so tough he beats up women. PUNK!
@SueB ~ The jury system is the best we’ve got, but the judge is the one who usually does the sentencing, based on the jury’s findings, within the constraints of the law. I think that’s what needsbto change: make the punishments stricter as the incidents repeat, something like the 3 strikes law. And I agree; these punks usually escalate their behavior until someone is killed.
@ SueB
You are 100% correct.
There is only one way to to deal with people like him.
The system will let him out again, and again until he kills. Then the jury system (if not changed) will give him life with possibilty of parole but after 20 to 25 years he is a good prisoner. Then he will continue to do what he does best, beating up helpless people.
This woman and her child has to get away from this thug before she end up in the system. And seek help for the child.