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Cantonment Man Arrested For DUI, Burglary With Assault, Weapons Charges After Wreck
March 26, 2024
A Cantonment man is facing DUI, weapons, and burglary charges after a Highway 297A wreck.
Kody Stephen Faxlanger, 28, was charged with using or displaying a firearm during a felony, burglary with assault or battery, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a crash involving damage to property, DUI refusal to submit to a DUI test after license suspension, and DUI of alcohol or drugs.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper responded to a rollover traffic crash in the area of Highway 297A and Eight Mile Creek Road. A homeowner told the trooper that he heard the vehicle crash in his front yard and saw a man approaching the home while stating that he needed to get his gun before returning to the vehicle. The homeowner retreated inside.
He stated that the man, later identified as Faxlanger, entered an unlocked garage and started pounding on an interior door to the home before fleeing. Faxlanger was located by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detained.
FHP said Faxlanger’s vehicle left the roadway and traveled 542 feet before colliding with a concrete culvert and becoming airborne. The vehicle rolled for 197 before coming to rest in the front yard of a home. Troopers said two 16 ounce beer cans still cold with condensation were located in the vehicle.
The trooper stated Faxlanger had a heavy smell of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot and watery eyes, and slurred speech. He refused to provide a breath sample and was transported to Baptist Hospital for treatment. At the hospital, the trooper said Faxlanger made several spontaneous statements about being the driver of the wrecked vehicle and “ditching” a gun after fleeing. Officers located a 9mm Palmetto Dagger with a loaded 11-round magazine and one round in the chamber. Faxlanger’s driver’s license was nearby.
Faxlanger remained in the Escambia County Jail Tuesday morning with bond set at $13,500.
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6 Responses to “Cantonment Man Arrested For DUI, Burglary With Assault, Weapons Charges After Wreck”
Our DUI laws are not strict enough.
Far to many MULTIPLE DUI convicted people keep getting out to do it again. Why do we wait until someone with this kind of lack of judgement keep driving? Even revoking their drivers license makes no difference to many of them.
People who drink and drive are a danger to everyone. There should not be a 3rd or more chance to stop driving drunk. Driving drunk once is bad enough and after that you should do jail time and confiscate all cars they own, If someone is shooting a gun randomly in public we would do the same so why not cars.
@yeahok. Charlotte has an excellent point! She didn’t say anything about keeping them in jail until trial, but to keep drunk drivers in jail on no bond until their first appearance before a judge.
@yeahok. No, I’m not a judge, but I had a cousin that was killed by a drunk driver that had five DUI’s got out on bond, and went right back to driving drunk. Had he been kept in jail until he saw the judge, she would have been alive today. Charge or no charge. HE WAS DRIVING DRUNK. So what if it’s not a conviction, he was driving drunk, and thank our God above he didn’t kill anyone when he had his crash. I still stand that anyone caught driving drunk, should have no bond. My cousin, that was a sister to me than a cousin, would be alive today had that drunk had no bond.
@mrsBass
that is why you are not a judge. if you chose to use your rights and defend yourself you should not be waiting months in jail for your jury trial. remember its not a conviction it is only a charge.
I still feel if you are caught driving while intoxicated, you should not get a bond. Not all people that get caught driving under the influence, but a lot of them will post bond, get out, go back to what they were doing, driving and being drunk, and this time, they may just kill an innocence person. Keep their butts in jail until they see the judge.
Remember if you drink don’t drive do the watermelon crawl!!!!!!!