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Century Woman, A Convicted Felon, Charged With Selling Husband’s Guns For Divorce Money
April 10, 2026
A local woman is facing a felony charge after allegedly selling her husband’s firearm collection while he was out of town, despite being a convicted felon herself, to fund a divorce.
According to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Deadria Jean Smith, 42, was arrested following an investigation into the missing weapons. Her husband told deputies he returned from South Florida to find that his wife had “pawned” his guns to acquaintances.
Witnesses told deputies that Smith was reportedly angry because she suspected her husband of seeing another woman and intended to use the money to pay for a divorce.
The investigation revealed that Smith allegedly sold a Smith and Wesson M&P 15-22 rifle and a crossbow to a neighbor for $230. A relative tod deputies he later paid Smith $700 for remainder of the collection, about 15 additional guns, simply to keep them from being sold to strangers before the husband returned.
While Smith claimed she never physically touched the weapons to avoid violating her status as a felon, witness statements and game camera footage contradicted her account, according to an arrest report. Investigators said that Smith has a 2011 felony conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Smith was charged with possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon. She was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $15,000 bond.
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7 Responses to “Century Woman, A Convicted Felon, Charged With Selling Husband’s Guns For Divorce Money”
yall dk her story, yall dont needa be judgin her, all we can do is pray.
Game cameras?
It gets harder and harder to commit and get away with crimes
It’s almost enough to make one give up on crime altogether.
If I were the husband and had that many guns I would buy a safe and hide key.
If I were the judge, I’d grant her a divorce, order the return of guns and/or money to the (ex)husband, get her into a recovery program and place her onto the path to a better life.
I looked up the 2011 story. She needs a new start in life, and that’s what she is attempting to do here. She just doesn’t know which way to turn for help.
She needs help because she sold the guns Drug money not divorce I hate it for the kids but they delt with her crap for years she’s been gone for months living here there anywhere with anyone lock her up
Meth is a hell of a drug.
Something got off track a long time ago .