He Begs for His Mom After Brutally Attacking His Girlfriend

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]because he was hitting me >> inside the vehicle. He >> I locked myself in the car. He got out and he started stabbing my tires and he started destroying my windshield and trying to get in trying to unlock the door. He finally unlocks the door and he hops in and starts punching me.

[00:00:17]He pulls the E bra on and I can't put it down.

[00:00:21]>> It had to be a closed face. Her head recoiled, but I didn't see it.

[00:00:24]>> Okay. So, you saw the motion of him like swinging at her several times. So, I just saw the one hit that that got her pretty solid. And at that point, I I pulled him out.

[00:00:36]>> On February 21st, 2024, Santa Rosa County Sheriff's deputies responded to a reported domestic battery in progress in Florida. The suspect fled on foot. A taser was deployed. What the body cam captured over the next 24 minutes was not an isolated incident. It was the documented conclusion of a three-day cycle of intimate partner violence.

[00:01:00]>> Who did this?

[00:01:17]119 got one running. Get on the ground.

[00:01:22]19 location going northbound.

[00:01:43]running north.

[00:01:50]>> He's laying on the ground in a yard now.

[00:02:10]I'm sorry.

[00:02:14]>> Babe, >> you're an idiot.

[00:02:21]>> I leave my mom. How old are you?

[00:02:25]>> I just had him on the 15.

[00:02:32]>> Where'd you cut yourself on?

[00:02:33]>> I tell you, I only hit him with one crew.

[00:02:36]>> So weird.

[00:02:40]>> Hey, >> I ain't grabbing that bloody arm all over again. All right, bring your knees up to your stomach. Yep. Lift up. There you go. There you go. Come on. Stand up. Apparently, it looks like you're on black.

[00:03:01]>> No, you didn't.

[00:03:02]>> 104, you can clear traffic. They got them detained. Um, we're going to be at my 890.

[00:03:12]>> Um, they're going to press charges.

[00:03:15]>> Press charges. 87 pretty bad and her vehicle's uh batter.

[00:03:36]Hey, Dan. Goodbye, Taylor. Please, >> Floyd. I got it.

[00:03:45]>> Grab that thing. Let's grab that case.

[00:03:50]>> All right, have a seat.

[00:03:53]>> Sit down.

[00:03:56]>> Jesus Christ. I got to do paperwork on you. Get in there.

[00:04:01]I'm trying >> that mail detained in my vehicle. Be back out of the original caller's address.

[00:04:12]>> Get my inhaler.

[00:04:13]>> What do you need an inhaler for? Why are you running if you need an inhaler?

[00:04:16]>> Asthma.

[00:04:18]>> Asthma? You having an attack right now?

[00:04:20]>> Yeah.

[00:04:20]>> All right. EMS. My 1012 also needs an ambulance. He has asthma and is having an attack.

[00:04:26]>> I'm peeing myself for some reason. I don't know why. I got an ambulance coming for you. Just kind concentrate on breathing. That's why everything's getting black.

[00:04:35]>> It's because you've been running, man.

[00:04:39]>> You're an adult. You don't need your mom.

[00:04:41]>> No.

[00:04:42]>> Well, >> you're an adult.

[00:04:45]>> It's her boyfriend, but my son, unfortunately.

[00:04:48]>> Oh, no.

[00:04:49]>> And I say I didn't mean to say unfortunately, but I'm just not changing. And I've literally told her to leave, leave, leave, leave, and she won't listen to me.

[00:04:59]right here.

[00:05:02]>> I got you.

[00:05:04]>> Yeah.

[00:05:07]>> And listen, if they freaking look at his biological, he has felonies, misdemeanor, he has everything. So, I mean, if y'all would actually look at the whole picture here, >> he's just nine times like literally just happened. Just got out of jail.

[00:05:24]>> I mean, I'm just like, >> did y'all witness anything that happened? Oh, they just got here like 10 minutes.

[00:05:29]>> The guy right there in the blue sees the man right there at the stop sign, he saw the whole thing. And thank you, Jesus.

[00:05:35]He called you guys to figure this out cuz here Anna's crying. She doesn't know what to do. I'm on a call at work. I work from home obviously.

[00:05:44]>> All right. Give me a minute. Let me talk to her. Okay. Sorry, ma'am.

[00:05:49]>> But I'm Deputy Widens. Okay. Um I got to try to figure out what's going on. Okay.

[00:05:55]We are going to have EMS come check you out cuz you're clearly very injured.

[00:05:58]Okay, just have a seat. Um, you're safe. Everything is all right.

[00:06:08]What's that?

[00:06:11]Okay, just take a couple deep breaths for me. Okay, just in and out.

[00:06:16]Okay, I know a lot's going on right now and I'm going to try to figure out what all happened today. Okay. Um, I know she said you guys just got here, right?

[00:06:26]Okay. Where were you coming from?

[00:06:29]>> Do you remember?

[00:06:30]>> We were We were from >> Um, we were coming from Wilderness Landing. We were sleeping out there and then we got into a fight and they called the cops >> at Wilderness Landing. Okay.

[00:06:45]>> And he got in the driver's seat. He was either either I got in the car and he drove off with me or he was going to take my car and drive off and I wasn't going to have any service.

[00:06:55]>> Okay.

[00:06:56]>> Um so I I hopped in and I I just took the chance. I literally haven't been able to drive my car because he's been taking over >> since you left Wilderness Landing. Okay.

[00:07:09]Where is the that located? Do you do you know the street? Uh it's right off of uh Noman Riley out in Lake Baker.

[00:07:17]>> Okay.

[00:07:18]>> If you look up Wilderness Landing Park, >> it's a free camping.

[00:07:23]>> Okay.

[00:07:24]>> She she was >> Okay. Um so I I noticed that you have injuries on your face. You have, you know, a black eye. Your cheek is swollen. Um how did you get those injuries?

[00:07:36]>> The black eye was a couple days ago. My busted lip was last night. And my cheek was today.

[00:07:43]>> Okay. Was that while you guys were in the vehicle?

[00:07:46]>> No.

[00:07:47]>> It was at >> my my cheek was right then and there at the corner when one of the neighbors literally ripped him out of the car because he was hitting me >> inside the vehicle.

[00:07:59]>> I locked myself in the car. He got out and he started stabbing my tires and he started destroying my windshield and trying to get in, trying to unlock the door. He finally unlocks the door and he hops in and starts punching me.

[00:08:14]He pulls the E bra on and I can't put it down.

[00:08:18]>> Okay. Um, so you said he did that to your windshield. Did you have um a mirror here and >> he destroyed that last night and my tail light?

[00:08:28]>> He did your tail light last night or today?

[00:08:30]>> Last night.

[00:08:31]>> Okay. Um, so your lip it looks like it's bleeding. Is that from when he was punching you in the vehicle?

[00:08:38]That was last night before before they called the cop.

[00:08:43]>> Okay. Um, so your swollen cheek is from today. Okay. Okay. Um, >> yeah. Thank you. Um, and you said that happened at >> blood, >> huh?

[00:08:54]>> That's mud, not blood.

[00:08:56]>> That's blood >> on the outside. Yeah.

[00:08:59]>> Oh, he could have cut himself when he was uh >> he was threatening to stab himself in the chest the whole way.

[00:09:05]>> Okay. Um, and that was from the fight.

[00:09:07]>> He's extremely suicidal. He kept telling me over and over. We've been on and off for almost 3 years. Okay.

[00:09:14]>> Um, he his biggest threat is he's going to kill himself if I leave.

[00:09:19]>> And we've broken up before and we got back together after a month.

[00:09:26]>> I was really just trying to go back home. I kept telling him, "Let me just take take my things and just leave.

[00:09:35]Where's home? Um, >> okay.

[00:09:42]>> Um, and when were you guys stopped down there? Is that how the >> He pulled the E brake and probably almost popped the back tires because every every tire is pretty much bald because he just dogs my car. He wouldn't let me drive it. He wouldn't let me do anything.

[00:10:00]I couldn't leave.

[00:10:03]Did you see what he was stabbing the tires with?

[00:10:06]>> Kitchen knife.

[00:10:07]>> A kitchen knife. Okay. Was that already in the vehicle?

[00:10:11]>> Does he normally carry a knife on him?

[00:10:13]>> Yeah. Okay. Um and you saw him stabbing the tires. Okay. Um and then how did you get to here?

[00:10:23]>> So we were >> I got it.

[00:10:26]>> Yeah, I got it.

[00:10:27]>> We were over by Pace High School.

[00:10:30]Um, and we had gotten cops called at the Wilderness Landing.

[00:10:37]>> Okay.

[00:10:38]>> So, we were trying to figure out where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do. And I said, "Well, why don't you let me drive? You haven't slept, you know, why don't you close your eyes for a little bit? I've slept a couple hours."

[00:10:50]Cuz we've literally been driving around all night.

[00:10:55]>> He just had court. He already had a case with you. Um, what happened last night when the deputies were called?

[00:11:04]>> Uh, we drove off. I never spoke to them.

[00:11:06]>> Okay. So, you left before they got there?

[00:11:09]>> Um, yesterday was a court case for battery >> for you as the victim.

[00:11:14]>> Yeah. And uh, Chris.

[00:11:16]>> Okay. Are you guys um, living together at the tent site?

[00:11:20]>> We were, but not anymore. We packed everything.

[00:11:23]>> Okay.

[00:11:23]>> My name's Nick. I'm a paramedic.

[00:11:25]>> What happened?

[00:11:27]>> Uh, battery. Yeah. Hey, did you lose consciousness at all?

[00:11:34]>> Hey, sorry. Where did the witness go?

[00:11:37]>> I don't know who's the >> It was the No, the blue shirt that was walking.

[00:11:41]>> I saw a group of people walking that way as I was pulling and woman.

[00:11:45]>> It's a male. He was down there.

[00:11:47]>> Okay. That's probably his house then cuz when I first came by, he's the one that told me where it is the house directly.

[00:11:52]And I can go talk to him for you.

[00:11:53]>> Okay. Yeah. I just need to get a statement from him cuz apparently he actually witnessed the battery is what she's saying of him punching old man.

[00:12:00]>> Yeah.

[00:12:01]>> I know he was she said it was the guy in the blue shirt.

[00:12:04]>> I think he was wearing a blue shirt.

[00:12:05]>> Okay.

[00:12:05]>> Did you go What did you call me?

[00:12:07]>> I don't remember.

[00:12:08]>> I don't remember what you said.

[00:12:09]>> I stopped at ran.

[00:12:10]>> I I thought you were just screaming for your mom.

[00:12:12]>> Yeah, that that was my mom.

[00:12:14]>> That's kind of weird to do.

[00:12:15]>> What do you mean? I don't know.

[00:12:17]>> You're 21. This is the gentleman I seen at first kind of interven pulled up right at the corner right there and I saw him kind of get out and he was using his elbows and hands and feet on the windshield. I think he shattered it with his elbow >> and then she let him in the car and then at that point I was already kind of getting out and I saw her saw her hit her and her head kind of went into the to the driver side window and that's when I hit him.

[00:12:43]>> Okay. So she was in the driver's seat at the time that she was hit. Um, do you remember was it like a closed fist like a punch or a slap or you just >> It had to be a closed fist. Her head recoiled but I didn't see it.

[00:12:54]>> Okay. So, you saw the motion of him like swinging at her several times. So, I just saw the one hit that that got her pretty solid and at that point I I'll >> The taser deployment is governed by the standard established in Graham versus Connor 1989. Under that framework, the reasonleness of force is judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, not with 2020 hindsight. At the moment of deployment, officers knew a violent domestic battery had just occurred. A knife had been used to destroy the victim's vehicle and the suspect was actively fleeing. The partial deployment, one of two probes making contact, delivered an incomplete circuit, but proved sufficient for apprehension. This falls within accepted force parameters under Graham. Under Florida statute section 784.03 and section 741.28, domestic violence battery requires intentional physical contact against an intimate partner or household member.

[00:13:52]Florida law does not require a single isolated event. The victim presented with injuries at three distinct time points, a black eye, a busted lip, a freshly swollen cheek, each tied to a separate assault within 48 hours. The suspect admitted on camera to using a kitchen knife to slash the victim's tires. Under Florida Statute Section 806.13, willful destruction of another person's property constitutes criminal mischief where damage exceeds $1,000. The charge elevates to a thirdderee felony. The suspect's own words are direct evidence of this charge. No additional proof is required. The footflight from officers supports a charge of resisting without violence. Under Florida statute section 843.02 under California versus Hodari D 1991, a fleeing person is not yet seized within the meanings of the Fourth Amendment until physical force is applied. The taser contact constituted the lawful point of seizure. The suspect provided extensive voluntary statements after arrest, including admissions to the tire slashing and striking the victim. The transcript does not reflect Miranda warnings being administered prior to this interview. Under Miranda versus Arizona 1966, custodial interrogation without prior advisement raises a potential suppression issue. Clean on camera Miranda documentation would have eliminated this prosecutorial vulnerability entirely.

[00:15:21]>> Okay. Do you remember um was the door open or closed at that point?

[00:15:25]Okay.

[00:15:27]The the passenger door was like cracked open.

[00:15:31]>> Okay. Um and then was he standing outside of the vehicle? Do you remember?

[00:15:34]Or was he inside like on top of her?

[00:15:37]>> Okay. Okay. Um and then did you already provide your information? Okay. Um let me grab a form real quick. And do you mind just giving me a quick um Okay, perfect. Hey, >> I'm just going to ask you a couple questions. Okay. Do you remember about how many times he hit you in the face?

[00:15:55]He's hit me so much in the head. I can't remember anything.

[00:15:58]>> Okay.

[00:15:59]>> I feel like I have a concussion, but I don't know.

[00:16:02]>> Okay. Do you remember if you lost consciousness?

[00:16:05]>> I did this morning. Um when he busted my lip when we left the campsite, he was upset because I started yelling at him. He was getting mad and frustrated because I wasn't helping him pack. I was worried about the animals and trying to keep them in the car and he kept screaming at me and yelling at me and then he started destroying my car and he broke my driver side mirror.

[00:16:36]>> Give me one minute, please.

[00:16:38]>> He broke my driver's side mirror. Um he broke my my mirror up top and >> I saw it on the ground. That was in at the campsite. All right, I was leaving.

[00:16:50]We were finishing packing up. Um, and he got so upset that he just started punching me and I just got screaming about everything. So, the cops, >> hey, sweetie. Don't don't want to interrupt, but >> you getting hit like that and everything's going all that.

[00:17:07]>> You need to go to the hospital. Your mom's coming. She can get the dogs or the >> She's not going to take my car. She's not going to take my animals. I mean, if we explain the situation, >> I don't want to go to the hospital.

[00:17:17]>> I mean, your your car is not going anywhere.

[00:17:20]>> It's not going to it's not drivable. So, either you're going to go home with your mom, you know, it's going to have to stay here. You can get it towed to your mom's house, >> but right now, I mean, there's no reason to not go. I mean, especially with you getting hit. They can document it.

[00:17:37]>> Oh, thank you. I'm going to go back to my apartment.

[00:17:40]>> Yeah.

[00:17:42]What if you do >> 11:00 >> and you sit there and you don't go and then you end up dying. You know, >> people, like I say, people, you know, you got the adrenaline going right now.

[00:17:53]You got hit. You know, there's a lot more that could be going on. So, and like I said, they they can document all this bruising, all this stuff, >> and you can't see what's going on inside.

[00:18:04]>> Yeah. I mean, they need they probably need to scan your head to make sure.

[00:18:07]Okay.

[00:18:11]>> You can have internal injuries that you can't see or feel.

[00:18:14]>> Can I wait until my mom gets here?

[00:18:16]>> Where is she coming from?

[00:18:18]>> Okay.

[00:18:19]>> That's up to them. So, what happened between you and your girlfriend today?

[00:18:23]>> Um, so we both been on drugs and she becomes very violent and then was antagonizing.

[00:18:31]>> Okay.

[00:18:31]>> And we just had an event where we were at the campground. Um I'm trying to think of the name of it.

[00:18:38]She knows. You'd have to ask her that part. Um okay. Anyways, this is campground and uh we've been doing drugs and cuz we were staying out there and it was a lot easier to do out in the woods in the middle of nowhere and we do it on the back roads and stuff and we got to the camp and we were ready to move out that day. This uh this happened of course. And um we uh got in a verbal altercation and she started tackling me and hitting me. And so I threw I threw something at her and then No, no, no. I I threw styrofoam freaking plates at her. I threw a roll of styrofoam plates cuz she beat the crap out of me and like slammed me on my hip. And uh I got back up and I hit her with a bag of styrofoam plates that should be in the back of the car still.

[00:19:20]>> Okay.

[00:19:20]>> And uh sorry, >> that's okay. Take your time.

[00:19:25]>> I'm trying to think. It was a really eventful night. Um, so then after after that she started throwing like a she thung a I think it was a 2x4 and then a a broom pole at me and I dodged the broom pole and uh and that's how that damage to the mirror happened on the car. I >> and this was all last night.

[00:19:45]>> Last night but I >> So what happened today?

[00:19:48]>> No, I've not done yet.

[00:19:49]>> Oh, okay.

[00:19:49]>> And then she made me run from the cops >> last night.

[00:19:52]>> She turn off the lights and run.

[00:19:54]>> Okay.

[00:19:55]>> Why is this zapping me? Or is this bad for you? Okay.

[00:20:00]>> Okay. Keep going.

[00:20:01]>> And um >> so we we we got we got to like Alabama for some reason cuz I was driving in the dark and I can't see. Why was I having bad eyesight? I'm like halfway in one eye and a stigmatism also.

[00:20:12]>> Okay.

[00:20:13]>> I'm choking up. Sorry. I got >> That's okay.

[00:20:16]>> And um so we had to turn all the way from Alabama and on the way back from there is when we started arguing again and she bit me.

[00:20:27]This don't really show anymore. Oh, she bit me a physical altercation altercation.

[00:20:37]And I'm afraid to even say this part because last time we talked about it, the first battery charges that got dropped, she attacked me first. She's a very uh offensive uh woman.

[00:20:47]>> Okay.

[00:20:47]>> I'm usually on the defense.

[00:20:49]>> Gotcha.

[00:20:50]>> I'm string bean. I can't do much. Um um who was it? So we we pulled over and we talked about it and we promised we'd never hit each other again and we were on the way here and I just didn't want to go near people. I wanted to spend all day with her today. I grew up watching my stepdad beat my mom and I think of him as a monster and I can't live with myself like that. And I told her I'd like to spend my day with you than by myself. She was going to leave me here.

[00:21:17]As soon as I did it, I started realizing what I did because I I black out whenever I get like that. So, I didn't take my medicine today. I have anxiety and it's almost something. It's depression medicine. And I didn't take any of those today. We ain't eating today. So, we were both probably hungry and and she wouldn't let me in the car. And I freaked out. And as soon as I freaked out, I was being ripped off by um >> Huh. future.

[00:21:48]>> Yeah.

[00:21:49]>> Okay. So, you said um she stopped the vehicle, you got out of the vehicle, and you remember piercing the tire with a knife.

[00:21:55]>> She started threatening she was going to leave me and I said, "No, you can't leave me." And she said she I can't remember exactly what she said. That's about when I started freaking out.

[00:22:03]>> Do you remember what the knife looked like?

[00:22:05]>> Rainbow.

[00:22:06]>> It was a rainbow knife.

[00:22:07]>> It's a 19 not 1929 titanium uh knife set at Walmart. And it's that pretty oil color. I'm really bad about my pants.

[00:22:14]I'm sorry.

[00:22:15]>> Okay. I I can't help you with that one, unfortunately.

[00:22:18]>> I'm just at home.

[00:22:19]>> I gotcha. Um, okay. So, it was a rainbow knife. Um, after you stabbed the knife, do you remember where you put it?

[00:22:24]>> It broke. They should have found it by now. It was in the middle of the road.

[00:22:27]>> You broke it?

[00:22:28]>> No, it it snapped.

[00:22:29]>> Oh, okay.

[00:22:30]>> I tried stabbing the windshield and it failed.

[00:22:32]>> You slapped her with your palm?

[00:22:33]>> No, I >> Okay.

[00:22:34]>> No, actually like like it was a little like your palm right here.

[00:22:38]>> Okay.

[00:22:39]>> Right. The right to like right here.

[00:22:41]>> I got you.

[00:22:44]>> Over the truck. Get him in there.

[00:22:46]>> Uh, is he having a medical episode? So, can you just give me another minute?

[00:22:50]>> His heart rate is like 170 sustained.

[00:22:52]So, >> the victim described the suspect attempting to control her vehicle during the assault, removing her foot from the brake pedal, and forcing the car toward motion while striking her. This conduct may constitute false imprisonment under Florida law, elevating the charging exposure beyond domestic battery alone.

[00:23:08]The simultaneous presence of a knife reinforces the severity analysis under Graham's totality of circumstances standard. Under Florida's Williams rule codified at section 90.44, prior acts of domestic violence are admissible to establish pattern, intent, or absence of mistake. The prior Okaloosa County battery case dropped at the victim's request the day before this incident remains available to prosecutors as pattern evidence in any subsequent trial. Additionally, under Davis versus Washington 2006, the victim's initial statements to first responding officers are likely admissible as non-estimonial excited utterances, even if she recantss at trial. The suspect was medically cleared and charged with resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and domestic violence battery. The victim filed an injunction for protection under Florida statute section 74130.

[00:24:04]The suspect violated that injunction within days. A warrant was issued and he was arrested approximately 1 month later.

[00:24:12]>> Okay, great. If he's >> Yeah, I mean, if he's having >> We just don't want it to turn into something where he goes on.

[00:24:17]>> I got you. like one one more minute and one more thing.

[00:24:21]>> Okay. So, um how about how many times did you slap her? Do you remember?

[00:24:25]>> It was one time the crap out of me and bite her bites hurt worse than anything.

[00:24:30]>> Okay. Where did she bite you?

[00:24:31]>> I don't remember. You have to ask her.

[00:24:34]>> I don't really remember cuz right after that, right after she bit me, he ripped me off.

[00:24:39]>> That's when he took you out.

[00:24:40]>> He ripped me beat the hell out of me. He hit me in the head about six times. My bra about a bunch more times. Roll around. Hit me some more.

[00:24:46]>> Okay. And then I laid on the ground and then I I I walked and lent over to the car and I started telling her I was so sorry and I I didn't mean to and I promised that we would never do this again.

[00:24:59]>> Thank you. Just uh stay tight with him.

[00:25:00]I'm going to let them know that you're ready to go. Okay. I'm >> so mad at you.

[00:25:06]>> I just left that there.

[00:25:18]I'm sorry.

[00:25:23]>> So many people love you.

[00:25:26]I just don't understand.

[00:25:28]>> I got to do some Instagram. Okay. I'm sorry. I got close.

[00:25:31]>> I love you. I'm sorry.

[00:25:32]>> I love you.

[00:25:36]>> Okay. Okay. So, this is um just some resources in case you need it, okay? Um instructions on how to take out an injunction if you need it. However, the judge did issue a no contact situation.

[00:25:47]Um however, if you need further protection, um also some shelters as well, some resources, a counseling services, um domestic violence shelters.

[00:25:57]Okay. Is um can we do we need to take um pictures? So, I already took pictures of her vehicle um and her injuries. Okay.

[00:26:07]Um so, technically speaking, um are you comfortable with me talking in front of your mom? Okay. I just want to make sure um I know there was an incident that happened in Okaloosa last night into this morning. Um technically speaking, you can file charges there for what happened. Um so, he would have the domestic in Okaloosa >> and then he would have >> he has domestic in Okaloosa.

[00:26:32]>> Okay.

[00:26:33]having another >> another with >> I'm going to do >> this is going to mark it for him >> cuz literally yesterday was I'm sorry to interrupt.

[00:26:41]>> Um do you know the outcome of that?

[00:26:42]Yesterday >> the charges were dropped.

[00:26:45]>> Okay.

[00:26:45]>> Because he told me he was going to change and I believed him.

[00:26:48]>> Okay. So that was requested by you >> because he manipulated me.

[00:26:52]>> Okay.

[00:26:52]>> And then we got into an argument last night. That's why my driver side uh mirrors broke. He shattered it. He shattered my back tail light.

[00:27:02]um punched it. That's why his hand's bleeding.

[00:27:05]>> Um I did have one more question that just reminded me. Um during the incident that happened in the vehicle here, did were you able to defend him off in any way? Did you um do any strikes, any defensive anything >> that you can remember?

[00:27:22]>> I tried shoving him off and my bite I can't I'm very tiny at my I don't have any muscle in my bones. The only thing I could do is >> um while he was on top of you, um striking you, do you remember biting him or trying to get him off you?

[00:27:39]>> Uh he reached over and was trying to get my foot off the brake to have me drive off instead of turning and my foot was staying on the brake. He kept trying to hit the gas uh and turn the wheel and try to get me off. He was trying to push me out of the car, so I bit his shoulder. And that's when he punched me in the face.

[00:28:00]>> And that was after he already sliced your tire, was smashing the windshield.

[00:28:05]Okay. All right. Okay.

[00:28:07]>> That was right when the neighbor came out and literally reached in and yanked him off. Yeah.

[00:28:14]>> I mean, he literally chucked him out of the car, shut the door, and told me to run.

[00:28:22]Deputy Wandot receives a B+, his traumainformed victim interview, systematic injury documentation across multiple time periods, and full compliance with Florida's domestic violence investigation requirements under section 741.29, reflect competent victim-centered policing. The independent witness statement was obtained separately, preserving its corroborative value for prosecution. The grade falls short of an A because Miranda advisement on the post arrest interview was not documented on camera. A correctable gap that created a prosecutorial risk. The male suspect receives a D over 48 hours. He produced documented injuries at three distinct time points. Used a knife to disable the victim's vehicle to prevent her escape.

[00:29:11]Deployed suicidal threats as psychological coercion. Evaded law enforcement and admitted the property destruction on camera. Under Florida law, voluntary intoxication and missed medication are not recognized defenses to general intent crimes. The pattern here is not disputed. It is documented, corroborated by an independent witness, and confirmed in the suspect's own words. The female victim receives a B.

[00:29:35]She provided a detailed, internally consistent account corroborated in full by independent witness testimony, the most durable prosecutorial foundation available. She filed for legal protection and cooperated fully. The prior recantation in Okaloosa County is understood within the clinical context of coercive control. Research documents victim recantation rates between 50 and 80% in intimate partner violence cases not because the violence did not occur, but because of fear, manipulation, and dependency. Her ultimate cooperation with this investigation reflects that reality. Three legal takeaways from this case. First, property destruction used to prevent a victim's escape is charged independently as criminal mischief under Florida law. It is not merely civil damage. Second, a recanting victim does not end a prosecution. Excited utterance doctrine under Davis versus Washington and independent witness testimony can sustain a case without ongoing victim cooperation. Third, Miranda advisement must be captured on camera every time. A clean on camera advisement costs nothing. A suppressed confession costs a prosecution. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more content on police court interactions.