‘They’ve Stepped Up’ — State To Take Care Of Repairs To Collapsed West Bogia Road
June 2, 2026
The Florida Department of Transportation will make repairs to West Bogia Road, which collapsed at South Century Boulevard (Highway 29) during flooding caused by torrential rainfall on Sunday afternoon.
“I’m so appreciative of our friends at FDOT for both their support of my constituents and the timeliness of their response,” Escambia County District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry said. “They’ve stepped up and let us know that they will take care of all repairs, and I can’t thank District 3 Secretary Tim Smith and all of his staff enough.”
“We determined that it was in state right-of-way,” Ian Satter, FDOT spokesperson, told NorthEscambia.com Monday afternoon. “Our engineer is on site now.”
Satter said FDOT is gathering materials, including the required oversized draining pipe, and hopes to have the materials in place later in the week. “We hope to begin the fix by the end of the week,” he added. There is no immediate timetable for completion, but work is expected to take at least a couple of weeks, but we will post any available updates here on NorthEscambia.com.
Lengthy Detour – Dirt Road Or Distance
For members of Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church, what is normally a half-mile trip from Highway 29 to the church on West Bogia Road will now be a lengthy detour. One option — South Pine Barren Road — includes three miles of dirt road, which is either very sandy or muddy and slippery depending on the weather and is not very suitable for smaller vehicles. The other option, using Pine Barren Road and Highway 164, is just over 13 miles but is all paved.
What Happened
Radar estimates showed a three-hour rainfall approaching six inches in the McDavid area.
While Highway 29 at West Bogia Road was under several feet of water, West Bogia Road washed away and collapsed at a culvert about 35 feet off of Highway 29. The deluge of water that destroyed the county roadway was from fast-moving water in the overflowed ditch alongside the state-maintained roadway.
The culvert pipe is 78 inches (6.5 feet) in diameter and 40 feet long.
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Century Man Tased, Shot By Deputies With Less-Lethal Gun Charged With Trailer Attack
June 2, 2026
A Century mans faces multiple charge after allegedly attacking a disabled individual, jumping through a window to escape deputies, and barricading himself inside a local convenience store bathroom before being shot by deputies with a less-lethal weapon last Friday, May 29.
This is an update to a story we first published minutes after the incident on Friday.
Cortez Rasheen Davison, 32, was arrested and charged with felony abuse of an elderly or disabled adult without great harm, misdemeanor criminal mischief, and misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. He is currently being held in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $8,500.
According to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, the incident began when a male victim walked into the Century Precinct to report that Davison had broken a window at his mobile home located in the 7800 block of Alger Road. The victim told deputies that Davison had been invited to stay at the residence a few days prior because Davison claimed he was seeing “demons”. The victim said Davison later brought a window air conditioning unit to the trailer and returned on May 29, 2026, demanding money for it. The victim refused to pay until Davison repaired the broken bathroom window, which sparked the altercation.
When four deputies responded to the Alger Road trailer to investigate, they heard a woman screaming “get off him” and “stop,” alongside loud crashing noises coming from inside. Deputies forced entry into a back bedroom, where they observed Davison on top of the victim, striking him with a closed fist.
Davison refused verbal commands to stop, ignored orders to be detained, and jumped onto a bed next to a window. A deputy deployed an agency-issued Taser, which momentarily locked Davison up, but he broke free from the probes and jumped through the bedroom window, shattering the glass as he fled southbound on Alger Road, according to the report.
After cutting through a neighboring yard into the woods, Davison emerged at 7900 N Century Boulevard. A deputy used his less-lethal bean bag gun and held Davison at gunpoint but as another deputy attempted to physical detain him, Davison got up from a kneeling position and ran southbound along North Century Boulevard.
Deputies deployed a Taser with no effect and fired multiple less-lethal bean bag rounds as Davison crossed North Century Boulevard. Davison then ran into the Century Food Mart and locked himself inside the restroom, the report states. Store employees provided deputies with the keys, and Davison was taken into custody.
Davison, who had swelling on his cheek, was evaluated by EMS and transport to Baptist Hospital for medical clearance before being booked into jail.
The victim, according to the arrest report, was previously diagnosed with a learning disability and suffered a facial laceration.
While at the hospital, Davison claimed to deputies that the victim had attacked him first and placed him in a headlock after a disagreement over borrowed money, but deputies noted there were no physical marks or bruising on Davison’s neck or shoulders to support his claim.
The ECSO said no actual shots were fired, and there were no injuries to deputies or citizens.
The Flomaton Police Department also responded and assisted.
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