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Cantonment Man Charged With Aggravated Stalking Of His Ex-girlfriend
April 17, 2023
A Cantonment man was charged after allegedly calling and repeatedly texting his ex-girlfriend, threatening to show up with firearms at her home to harm her, and being found near her residence with multiple weapons.
Quintin Bryce Rutherford, 18, was charged with felony aggravated stalking domestic violence.
A neighbor called the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on April 8 after someone was discovered wearing a ski mask and plaid green shirt a patio, crouched under an air conditioner. The neighbor’s boyfriend said the man reached into his waistband as if he was pulling out a firearm.
An arriving deputy found Rutherford at the apartment complex, wearing a green plaid shirt, sitting in a Toyota Avalon, according to the ECSO, and Rutherford said he was there just trying to scare his girlfriend. A search of the vehicle following a K-9 alert located a .22 caliber rifle, a pink and purple 9 mm High Point 995, and a .40 caliber Glock 22, and a ski mask.
Rutherford told deputies that he put on the ski mask because of cold weather, went to the nearby apartment and crouched under the air conditioner, according to the report.
The victim provided deputies with “unwanted, repeated, threatening and harassing text messages and phone calls from Rutherford”, the arrest report states, and told deputies that she received a Snapchat from Rutherford showing him holding a firearm and parked outside her apartment complex. His phone was seized as evidence, as were the weapons and vehicle.
An emergency temporary domestic violence injunction was issued by a judge and served on Rutherford five minutes later. He was released from jail on a $2,500 bond
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13 Responses to “Cantonment Man Charged With Aggravated Stalking Of His Ex-girlfriend”
Maybe some laws need to be changed. If a person is in possession of a firearm during commission of a crime, they should automatically be charged as if they had used it. If it wasn’t their intention, they shouldn’t be armed. There are too many peabrained gun towers.
@ Jcellops there is no such thing as a firearms registry..
Ok, his phone was seized- makes sense to be able to interrogate it…but, no mention as to whether, or not, the guns were seized- or, if they were even registered to him. I believe that, at this juncture, he is not allowed to continue to even possess a gun. Was that addressed when he was granted his ridiculously low bond? At 18, if he still lives at home and these firearms belonged to his parents, they should be under lock and key!
Everyone freaking out over bond remember the laws are set on most bonds. The judges dont have unfettered descretion that would allow them to make it $1,000,000.00 unless it was attempted murder or some other haneous crime. A tether would have been called for in this case though and it looks like they dropped the ball on that part .
$2500 for bond? No mention of Judge’s name. Need to find out and get rid of him, her or she it.
Seriously a bond? This person meets every warning sign of a lunatic who will probably end up hurting himself and others! Way to lenient
Your mommy probably wants her pink and purple 9 mm back.
That kid has mental problems and 2500.00 wasn’t near enough to allow him back on the streets. He certainly doesn’t look as if he is sorry for what he was arrested for.
A domestic violence injunction is not worth the paper it’s written on because people are just stupid crazy nowadays. She needs to take self defense classes and learn how to protect herself! That bond was a joke Escambia County!!!
$2500.00 bond??? Deja Vu all over again. Now where will the blame lie if this emotionally immature punk carries out his threats against the victim? It is my opinion that those who put him back on the streets should share the blame and the sentence jointly.
a real “man” wouldn’t pull that kind of crap and try to intimidate a woman. This is a punk who needs to learn some lessons about life before somebody teaches him the hard way. $2500 bond? That’s insane for this type of garbage!
250 dollars and you are out and running again
2500 bond?