Milton Man Intentionally Damages Santa Rosa Patrol Car with Teeth

Tuesday afternoon the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office issued a press release regarding a Milton resident who reportedly damaged a cruiser with his teeth.

According to Sgt. Scott Haines, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 6600 block of Nichols Drive, Milton, in reference to a white male knocking on resident’s doors and asking them to call 911 around 7:45 p.m. back on Feb. 11.

The subject, who was identified by Haines as Eric Scott, 47, was carrying a flashlight and telling people that he needed medical assistance.

Scott who lives on Camelot Rd. in Milton is facing possible charges of criminal mischief and resisting an officer without violence.

According to Haines, when deputies arrived, they located the subject, who began to walk away from the deputies when they tried to approach him. 

Scott then threw his flashlight at a mailbox and became very agitated. Scott began to curse the deputies and asked them to kill him. Scott began screaming at the deputies, telling them multiple times to shoot him. 

According to Haines, deputies believed that Scott was under the influence of an unknown narcotic due to his irrational behavior. Scott was experiencing erratic behavior, hallucinations, confusion, loss of direction, and aggression towards law enforcement. All of these behaviors are consistent with subjects that are under the influence of “bath salts”. 

Scott reportedly also had several self inflicted injuries to his hands and had blood coming from his nose. 

Due to his aggression, Scott was detained in handcuffs and EMS was requested to respond, due to the fact that deputies didn’t know what he had ingested.  While Scott was leaning over the hood of the patrol car, Scott began to apply and scrap his front teeth rapidly across the paint, causing the paint to be stripped off to the bare metal. 

According to Haines, deputies had to restrain his head by holding his forehead to keep him from damaging the patrol car any further.  Scott was transported by EMS to a local hospital for evaluation. 

Haines went on to state in the press release that while at the hospital, Scott continued to ask law enforcement to “kill him” and asked hospital staff to put a plastic bag over his head to “kill him”.

The patrol vehicle was taken to a local body shop and it is reported that Scott’s teeth caused damage to the vehicle estimated at close to $600.