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Escambia Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Allegedly Choking Cab Driver
December 7, 2022
An Escambia County man is facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking a female cab driver and other individuals at a Highway 29 hotel on Monday.
Rickey Allen Wiggins, 42, was charged with attempted murder, two counts of felony battery, two counts of misdemeanor battery, resisting an officer with violence and felony battery on a law enforcement officer.
Wiggins was a guest at the Hotel Del Sol. He became involved in an argument with a manager and started kicking on a door before before grabbing the victim by the neck, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Wiggins got into a Lucky Cab that had arrived for another customer. The driver told him to exit the vehicle and wait for another cab. That caused him to become upset, grab her around the neck and choke her, according to the report. She broke free with Wiggins giving chase and tackling her as she fled.
The ECSO seized a camera from the cab that was recording during the incident.
An ECSO deputy said that when he arrived on scene, Wiggins was trying to kill a woman by choking her. Wiggins allegedly grabbed the deputy’s leg and would not comply when ordered to release his grip.
Wiggins remained in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
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9 Responses to “Escambia Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Allegedly Choking Cab Driver”
@ DLo. & MVP
I must have missed the part in the article that it was about photography.
Good lord…majoring in the minors
I agree @CW nor would I stay in one of these hotels around here. Thank God I don’t have to. Seems like they’re all full of people like this goofy dude.
@DLo – it looks like they are using a filter! I agree, my phone takes better photos too!
He seems to remember when his family told him to smile when his picture is being taken.
No way I’d ever drive a cab or be an Uber driver unless there was some kind of bulletproof divider between me and the passenger.
No expert but this guy looks like he’s HIGH on some drugs.
Crazy to choke 2 people, try to murder the driver and hold a deputy’s leg.
Shows good training and restraint on the part of the Deputy to not react strongly.
Violence like this has no excuse, drugs or whatever he needs to go away.
Yes there are crazy people out there that are happy about it.
Why don’t we start a program where we have elementary school art students come to the jail with crayons and colored pencils and draw the mugshots for extra credit, it would be as good if not better than the quality of the potato they are using to take the mugshots now? Seriously, I have an old IPhone 6 that takes vastly superior photos to this that I would gladly donate to the county. ECSO, if you’re reading this send me a smoke signal and I’ll deliver that phone.
What has gone wrong with people today? I would say some meth or crazy is his problem.i bet the cops would have like to have slap that smile right off his face.