15-YEAR-OLD FROM ALABAMA ARRESTED FOR HITTING DEPUTIES IN THE FACE DURING ARREST FOR MINOR IN POSSESSION
WALTON COUNTY, FLA—A 15-year-old from Huntsville, Alabama is charged with two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer after hitting two deputies in the face during an arrest for underage drinking.
Sunday night, Walton County Sheriff’s Deputies were conducting crowd control for a large group of juveniles between Nightcap Street and the beach access near S County Highway 395.
Deputies were placing a 15-year-old into custody after he was found drinking a Michelob Ultra when the teen began to resist, punching one of the deputies in the side of the head. While deputies escorted the teen to a patrol car, he slipped out of his cuffs and swung his right arm across a deputy’s face, hitting them in the nose.
The minor was charged with two counts of battery on a LEO, resisting arrest with violence, obstruction with violence, and possession of alcohol by a minor.
He was transported and booked into the Walton County Jail and then transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Crestview.