A Blountstown man is facing a charge of aggravated battery after he allegedly hit another man with a two-foot-long tree limb, according to a report from the Blountstown Police Department.
The incident was reported March 21 after the 20-year-old male victim arrived at the emergency room in Blountstown with an injury to his left elbow.
The victim said he was in the area off River Street known as “The Cut” when Buck Jamar Jones, 37, of Blountstown, struck him with the limb.
When police officers went to The Cut around 2:20 p.m. that day, they saw Jones fleeing on foot.
Officers were dispatched to The Cut on April 1 after an anonymous caller reported that Jones and another man were there, both had a shotgun and “people are running.”
Police Chief Mark Mallory, Capt. Adam Terry and two officers found that Jones had fled when they arrived but they discovered him hiding under a house nearby. He was taken into custody on the outstanding aggravated battery charge.
No firearms were found and no witnesses were present.
Jones is now facing additional charges after he allegedly called a woman who has an active injunction against him as he was being processed into the Calhoun County Jail on April 1.
The victim stated that Jones called her from his cell phone after his arrest and told her to take her son to the courthouse and get the charges against him dropped so that he could get out of jail.
It was later found that as he was being booked in, Jones asked to see his cell phone to look up a number he had forgotten. He then managed to make the call to the victim.
Jones was charged with witness tampering and violation of injunction.