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Marshalls break down door as sex offender tries to poison himself | span, 0px, font - Breaking News - Santa Rosa Press GazetteMarshalls break down door as sex offender tries to poison himself
September 18, 2009 10:04 AM
U.S. Marshals arrested an absconded sex offender Thursday night and kept him from drinking a poisonous cocktail.
Teddie Lee Carroll, 44 was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) in Orlando and had three outstanding warrants for his arrest.
Carroll was being sought by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office for Violating Probation by Failing to Register as a Sex Offender. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office was also looking for him on similar charges for Violating his Probation. He was also wanted locally by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office for Failure to Appear since 2005.
Carroll was originally convicted in 2000 in central Florida on charges of kidnapping, impersonating a police officer and lewd and lascivious assault on a minor. Carroll was later arrested for a second sex offense which involved raping a woman at gunpoint, but the charges were dropped after the victim refused to testify.
Several weeks ago the Marshals Task Force in Orlando contacted their counterparts here in Pensacola after learning that Carroll may be in Pensacola once again. The Pensacola task force conducted surveillances at several different locations in Pensacola for a couple of weeks before determining that Carroll was living at an address on the 2000 block of East Maxwell Street.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday night, U.S. Marshals and task force members from Escambia and Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Offices approached the home and heard the front door being locked and someone run through the house. They then witnessed someone who resembled Carroll through a window ingesting something from a pill bottle and drinking something with it that appeared to be a large alcohol bottle.Officers then forced the door open concerned for both Carroll and the officer's safety. Carroll immediately complied with commands and was detained.
He was then taken to Baptist Hospital as a precaution after learning that he had swallowed rat poison and possibly washed it down with gasoline. An interview of Carroll at the hospital revealed that he had not drank gasoline that was found in a small pill bottle but had in fact washed down a handful of rat poison with a mixture of vodka and iced-tea. Carroll was examined and cleared to be released to law enforcement who booked him into the Escambia County Jail.
The Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola is made up of officers from the U.S. Marshals Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton County Sheriff’s Offices, Milton, Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, Niceville and DeFuniak Springs Police Departments, State Attorney’s Office, the Office of Attorney General and the 1st Special Operations Security Force at Hurlburt Field.
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. - U.S. Marshals say a sex offender with three outstanding warrants tried to poison himself with rat poison and alcohol as they kicked in the door to his house.
Officials say Teddie Lee Carroll, 44, was being looked for by the Oscecola County Sheriff's Office. He was wanted for violating probation by failing to register as a sex offender. He was also wanted on similar charges out of Escambia County, Fla.
Carroll was originally convicted in 2000 in central Florida on charges of kidnapping, impersonating a police officer and lewd and lascivious assault on a minor.
He was later arrested for a second sex offense which involved raping a woman at gunpoint, but the charges were dropped after the victim refused to testify.
When Marshals and deputies from Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties arrived at the house they believed Carroll was at, they heard the front door being locked and someone running through the house. Then they saw Carroll take something from a pill bottle and wash it down with something from a large bottle.
Deputies and Marshals broke down the front door, and took Carroll to the hospital. That's where officials found out Carroll had apparently swallowed the rat poison and gasoline. Authorities interviewed Carroll, and discovered he had taken the rat poison, but had washed it down with vodka and iced tea. He was examined and cleared.
Carroll was booked into the Escambia County Jail, where he's being held on no bond.
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