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Update: Driver Of Stolen Jeep Arrested After Highway 29 Crash
May 30, 2023
At least two people were reportedly injured when a driver slammed into a stolen vehicle stopped in a travel lane of Highway 29 Monday night in Cantonment.
Witnesses the driver of a passenger car tried unsuccessfully to swerve around the Jeep on Highway 29 at Archer Road. Another car and a truck came to rest in the median after avoiding the crash.
Dustin Gregory Williams, 39, was charged with burglary of the business, two counts of burglary of the vehicles, grand theft of a motor vehicle, and felony criminal mischief. His bond was set at $25,000.
The owner of Pensacola Auto Brokers in the 6400 block of Pensacola Boulevard drove past his business Monday night and observed that someone had apparently driven through his front gate. In addition to the damaged iron gate, he found the front door of the business was shattered, a lockbox was broken, a Toyota Tacoma had been burglarized and had a broken gear shifter, and a Ford F250 had a broken interior door panel and a broken ignition switch. The total damage was estimated at $13,550.
A $50,000 2021 Jeep Gladiator was also missing. The Jeep was found on Highway 29 after the traffic crash, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck and additional charges may be pending.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
Comments
9 Responses to “Update: Driver Of Stolen Jeep Arrested After Highway 29 Crash”
If he stole something useful, like a wheel barrow to haul that gut around, he would be in less trouble and no one would be injured. This dude needs to be in prison!!!
What a very careless act of the driver do the stolen jeep . I witnessed this accident and seen him try to flee the seen !! SMH horrible and inconsiderate please keep this criminal off the streets before he injure another individual. He did it once he will do it again !!!
@I saw
I am sorry someone had to witness that. Just seeing the picture of him shirtless is scary enough.
The suspect – Dustin Williams – has a long criminal history going back to at least 2004, and is currently participating in a Drug Court program for multiple convictions in 2022.
Should he be convicted on these new charges, maybe they will go ahead and send him off to state prison for a decade or so. Its past time that we start protecting victims and start sending folks who choose to be criminals to prison for very long stretches of time.
@J-THE-G
Stolen Jeep.
J-the-g is correct Jewp owner should pay for all damages!
Well some ppl saw with their very own eyes the driver of the Jeep get out of the drivers seat completely naked….
Glad nobody was seriously injured. Jeep owner should have to pay for everything. Stopping in the middle of a travel lane is unsafe. If the vehicle is having trouble pull off the road.
And why were they stopped in the travel lane? Glad everyone seems to be okay