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Man wanted in Florida shooting found by police folded in dryer, 'tumble-ready hideout'
By Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY,
24 days ago
A 31-year-old man wanted in connection to a southwest Florida shooting this spring was found “folded, not so neatly” inside a dryer, officials said.
David Jerome Jackson had been on the lam after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported officials identified him as a suspect in connection to a March 15 shooting in Pensacola.
The coastal city is in the southwestern most tip of the Sunshine state, near the Alabama border, about 55 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama.
When deputies received a tip about his possible whereabouts, they visited a home in west Pensacola to serve a search warrant, the agency wrote in a news release.
David Jermone Jackson, 31, wanted in connection to a shooting in Pensacola was found “folded, not so neatly” inside a dryer in a home on May 17, 2024, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported. Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Arriving officers enter the home Friday and, after an extensive search, the release says, deputies visited to the laundry room, where they finally discovered Jackson, "folded, not so neatly inside a remarkably small dryer drum."
Deputies described the look on his face in the release as "a combination of guilt, embarrassment, and warm hosiery."
"He was pulled from the dryer one limb at a time, as he clung to his tumble-ready hideout," the sheriff's office wrote in the post.
Florida man found in dryer had socks, dryer sheets stuck to shirt
Outside the dryer, officials reported, deputies removed three dryer sheets, two mismatched socks, and a crumpled-up tissue "from his surprisingly wrinkled Star Wars shirt."
Jackson was taken into custody and arrested on charges of shooting into a dwelling, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, damage to property, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, officials wrote in the release.
Man found in dryer was wanted in connection to a shooting
According to an arrest report obtained by USA TODAY, Jackson was wanted in the March shooting after he visited the home of his nephew's stepfather to speak to him about disciplining the boy.
"Jackson told him to keep his hands off his nephew," the report reads.
Jackson then allegedly swung at his nephew's stepfather and fired one shot in the victim's direction, a deputy wrote in the arrest report.
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