January 10, 2020
Levy County Deputies were dispatched to the home located at
4451 NE 110th Street in Chiefland yesterday at 3:30 PM to a reported
trespassing incident. The homeowner returned home to find a person trespassing
on the property. The homeowner confronted this individual and told him to
leave. The trespasser began to argue with the homeowner while aggressively approaching
him when the homeowner saw this person was holding a knife. The homeowner
reached back into his vehicle and retrieved a firearm, ready to defend himself.
The trespasser thought better of this confrontation and fled toward the back
yard.
Deputy Blake Murphy was the first to arrive and while
speaking to the homeowner located the trespassing person still on the property.
Deputy Murphy ordered the person to the ground and after a brief struggle was
able to get handcuffs on him. Other deputies arrived to assist and in their attempts
to place the subject into Deputy Murphy’s patrol car the subject began to fight
deputies again. Deputy Murphy was again grabbed by the subject before the subject
was brought under control and put in the car. The subject refused to identify
himself and claimed to be the Messiah.
The trespassing investigation discovered that this unknown person
had stolen the homeowners mail, entered a car and taken a knife and ate the
homeowners oranges before he was apprehended. The subject was identified by his
fingerprints at the Levy County Detention Facility as Michael Leon Hilton
(12/12/83) of Green Cove Springs. He has no known ties to Levy County and at
the time of his apprehension appeared to be under the influence of an unknown
narcotic. He has been charged with multiple crimes including burglary,
resisting arrest and theft. He has not been seen by the Judge as of this press
release and no bond has been assigned.