Rick Patrick
rick@greenepublishing.com
According to information provided by Madison County Sheriff David Harper, during the mid-afternoon hours of Monday, July 1, offers from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) responded to a call regarding a white male making threats to physically harm others. When deputies arrived on the scene at the Deerwood Inn campground, they located the suspect and attempted to make an identification. The suspect fled on foot into a nearby wooded area and entered a large pond and began to swim to a cluster of cypress trees. At this time the suspect began to threaten self harm. With the assistance of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) and Madison Correctional Institution (MCI), officers were able to contain the suspect and began negotiations to bring the situation to a safe conclusion.
It was later announced that the suspect was taken into custody. Madison County Fire Rescue was also on the scene. More information will be released as soon as it is made available by MCSO.