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Century Man Charged With Battery Of Escambia County Deputy
August 7, 2025
A Century man is facing felony charges, including the battery of a deputy, after a reported burglary.
Zackery Wayne Armstrong, 39, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest after the incident in the 100 block of East Highway 4.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported burglary in progress around 5:30 a.m. on July 28. A resident reported that someone, later identified as Armstrong, was walking outside the house in the dark and attempting to get inside.
Deputies arrived to find Armstrong wearing only a towel and tennis shoes. He was ordered to place his hands behind his back.
“Armstrong stated that he was not going to be detained and that he was not going to allow me to arrest him,” the ECSO deputy wrote in an arrest report, saying that Armstrong refused additional orders and continued to resist.
“As I attempted to restrain Armstrong he began to physically resist my efforts to detain him. He began to push against me and attempt to pull away from me. I utilized a technical leg sweep to sweep Armstrong to the ground,” the deputy wrote, adding that Armstrong was actively fighting and resisting.
“Armstrong continued to fight me, he grabbed my face, bit at his hands, and grabbed my duty belt in an attempt to get away from my control. While he was grabbing my duty belt it felt as if he was searching for the area of my firearm or any other item of opportunity to inflict harm to my person. Coupled with his statements of wanting to ‘kill me’ and ‘f*** me up’ it did place me in a well founded fear that my life was potentially in danger,” the deputy stated.
The deputy stated that Armstrong made multiple death threats and resisting, forcing the deputy to deliver several strikes with his head and elbow to Armstrong’s face and place him in a rear choke hold.
Additional deputies arrived on scene and assisted in taking Armstrong into custody.
During the struggle, Armstrong stated that he was using meth and was high on narcotics, according to the arrest report.
The report states Armstrong never made entry into the home or caused any damage.
Armstrong was transported to Baptist Hospital for evaluation before being booked into the Escambia County Jail where he remained Thursday morning with bond set at $10,000.
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9 Responses to “Century Man Charged With Battery Of Escambia County Deputy”
To AllDamDailey,
The judges will punish innocent and victimized individuals then turn around and hug a thug. No sense. Its a nightmare clown show Comedy at this point. How many more victims will be assaulted, raped or killed in Escambia before Judges are held accountable for inexcusable rulings that favor the attackers? They literally do as much extra as they can for the abusers while shaming and castigating victims. They deliberately allow perpetrators to run amuck. It is absolutely disgusting. Attorneys work hand in hand to harm victims in the courtroom. Cops can do their job all day and a slimy judge and crooked attorney will show up to release the menace or preempt the menace from being locked up.
Still in jail!
$10000.00 bond??????? @10%? Deputies life only worth $1000.00? What a slap in the face. The Bond amount needs to be looked into. What about Ole whistle britches on high speed chase up 29 to 95A, flipping over. Going over 50mph the limit. Come On????? Dear Sheriff Chip Simmons AND Judges especially, DO BETTER!!!! Sheriff Chip, have a meeting with these judges. This is ridiculous, lives could have been lost in both of these incidents. The bad guys won’t take this serious with these pathetic slap on the hands. Oh yeah, Im a registered voter too. Hats off to LEO and all first responders. Be Safe Out There.
He needs to be locked up for good.
I hope “Red” got his nasty expectations reversed on him. What a jerk. God bless our Law Enforcement.
This dude walked out in the middle of the road and then took off running early one morning by the rr tracks by diamond. Since I see him walking regularly from that area though I thought he came out of a empty house now that I think of it.
Cudos to the Leo for the training to control that situation. Sad thing to know that in those split second moments Leo has to consider his safety and public scrutiny and make a decision.
People that attack LEOs shouldn’t be able to smile .
$10,000 bond? Ridiculous and Absolutely amazing.