Friday, January 10, 2020

Trespasser Arrested After Fighting with Deputies

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.