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A Florida man was arrested Sunday after he cut off his ankle bracelet, barricaded himself in an apartment and jumped from an apartment window, officials said.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Sandalwood apartments in the town of Wildwood around 3:54 a.m. Sunday after multiple reports of a driver breaking into apartments after driving a car into one of the buildings.
When deputies arrived, they discovered the suspect, later identified as 44-year-old Corey Michael Payton, who had barricaded himself in a second-floor apartment he was breaking into, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Payton threatened to shoot deputies, forcing authorities to evacuate several apartments they deemed in danger.
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The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment building Sunday morning after multiple 911 calls said a car had driven into one of the apartment buildings and that the driver was breaking into apartments. (Sumter County Sheriff’s Office)
The SWAT team from the sheriff’s office eventually responded to the scene, and a crisis negotiation team verbally contacted Payton through a second-story window he had broken out.
Officials had spent hours negotiating with Payton to surrender peacefully before he dove from the window of the second-floor apartment and landed on the floor.
A Villages Fire Rescue fire crew attempted life-saving measures on the scene before Payton was flown by helicopter to a regional trauma center.
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Officials negotiated with the suspect for several hours before he ducked out the window of the second-floor apartment. (Sumter County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies checked the inside of one of the burgled apartments and found Payton’s ankle bracelet. He was paroled for burglary and released under supervision.
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An arrest warrant was issued on June 9 after he violated his parole, the sheriff’s office said. Payton has an extensive criminal history with 139 previous felony charges and a total of 30 felony convictions.
Payton’s charges for Sunday’s incident are still under investigation, but include burglary of an occupied home, burglary of a residence and multiple counts of criminal mischief.
He will be admitted to the Sumter County Detention Center when he is released from the hospital.
