May 18, 2021
UPDATE 5/18/21 @ 6:45 p.m.
: On May 17 at 3:47 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Josephine Road in Waldorf to serve an arrest warrant for a man who had violated his probation related to a prior assault conviction. A family member of the man had recently contacted the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office to advise the man was violating his probation. A warrant was subsequently issued.
On May 17, a relative of the man called 9-1-1 and reported he was at the house on Josephine Road. The caller also indicated the man had mental health history. Officers began coordinating a plan with the goal of taking the man into custody as safely as possible.
Police looking for Buxton man after hours-long standoff Share Updated: 5:06 PM EDT May 18, 2021
Police looking for Buxton man after hours-long standoff Share Updated: 5:06 PM EDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript TERRY - WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING ABOUT THE SEARCH? ? POLICE SAY BRADY DIX SENIOR MAY BE ARMED. OUTSIDE THIS HOME EARLIER - A MASSIVE POLICE RESPONSE INCLUDING THE STATE POLICE TACTICAL TEAM. BUXTON S POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS ALL STARTED AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING REPORTING DIX SENIOR HAD A SHOTGUN AND GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS ADULT SON. THIS AFTERNOON, POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE AS THEY ARRIVED DIX SENIOR GOT OUT OF THE HOME - NOW THEY DON T KNOW WHERE HE IS. BUXTON P-D SAY DIX ISN T SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GUN BECAUSE HE S OUT ON BAIL FOR ANOTHER ALLEGED CRIME. IT WASN T UNTIL ROUGHLY 3 TODAY OFFICERS WENT INTO THE HOME. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE RESIDENCE UPON POLICE INITIAL ARRIVAL. WE ARE GOING TO C
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Flagler County deputies helped save two people who were apparently contemplating suicide recently.
“Often around the country these situations have had a much more tragic outcome, Sheriff Rick Staly said. But, in Flagler County, our deputies spend significant amounts of time training on how to successfully deescalate dangerous situations. No bad day is worth taking your life. Suicide is a permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem and impacts many people. I am thankful our deputies were able to disarm both of them and no one was injured. Hopefully, they can now get the help they need.”
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and the FCSO wants to remind residents that if they are dealing with a mental health crisis or have suicidal thoughts, they are not alone. There are numerous resources for help with mental health struggles in Flagler County. For more information visit http://www.flaglerlifeline.org/local-mental-health-services/ or call 800-273-8255.
A Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy with his gun drawn as the suicidal man was on the ground, with a gun of his own at his head. (FCSO video still)
“Don’t do it! Don’t do it!” Sgt. Jon Reckenwald yelled, his gun drawn and pointed at R.V., who was on his back, on the ground next to a gas station in the Hammock, a gun of his own drawn–and pointed at his own head. “Drop it! Drop the gun!”
R.V. is a 55-year-old resident of Duke Road in Jacksonville. He had ridden his motorcycle down to the Hammock on Friday afternoon, where he said he planned to kill himself. A missing person report had been issued about R.V. in Jacksonville, noting that he had suicidal tendencies. “I could clearly see his finger was on the trigger,” one of the Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies who responded to the incident reported.