Article Courtesy of The Space Coast Daily
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff
Published July 14, 2023
Last night while we
were all home sleeping safe and sound in our beds, K-9
Corporal Scott Stewart and other members of the Brevard
County Sheriff’s Office were out snatching Joshua and Daphne
Morris, as well as their little criminal friend, Richard
Ennis, off our streets for a bunch of charges including
violations of Brevard County’s “Scumbag Ordinance.”
The arrests took place
after the Cadillac Escalade, being driven by Joshua Morris,
was stopped at the intersection of Leewood Blvd. and Croton
Rd. for traffic infractions.
Morris failed to produce a driver’s license and his two
passengers, later identified as Daphne Morris and Richard
Ennis refused to identify themselves, which as you know, is
always a brilliant move when dealing with cops.
Joshua Morris was directed to exit the vehicle at which time
he became verbally abusive and still could not produce a
valid driver’s license or identification. Morris was warned
multiple times to exit the vehicle and continued to not
comply with lawful commands.
Corporal Stewart grabbed Morris by the wrist to snatch him
out the car and Morris braced himself inside the vehicle and
began swinging on Cpl. Stewart and Agent Dan Magill, who was
on scene assisting.
Since he decided to turn violent, Morris got to “ride the
lightning” as we call it, when Deputy Michael Neill tased
him, which helped him to better understand that he needed to
get out of the vehicle where he was taken into custody for
Battery on an LEO, Resisting With Violence, and
subsequently, Possession of Meth, Possession of Fentanyl,
and Possession of Psilocybin Mushrooms, that were all found
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The next time you’re riding around on a Friday night
with your wife and and a friend, wondering what happens if you
refuse to obey a lawful order by Brevard County Deputies, just ask
Joshua Morris, Daphne Morris, and Richard Ennis who Messed Around
And Found Out.
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Now after watching his
friend do stupid stuff, Richard Ennis must have thought to
himself “heck son I can top that” as he bailed out of the
car and took off running.
Apparently he missed
the memo that if you run from the Brevard County Sheriff’s
Office you are only going to go to jail tired, as Cpl.
Stewart and Agent Magill ran him down in the back yard of a
nearby residence and then cuffed and stuffed him for an
active warrant out of the state of Kansas, with a $100,000
bond.
The warrant was for Failure To Appear on Fraud, Felony
Theft, and Tampering With An Electronic Monitoring Device,
but Ennis also earned some additional charges when he tossed
a tin can while he was running that had .2 grams of fentanyl
and a an alprazolam pill.
So after watching all of that take place, the anti-common
sense pill that Daphne Morris had apparently taken earlier
finally kicked in as she jumped from the passenger seat into
the driver’s seat in an effort to flee the scene!! Daphne
put all the windows of the vehicle up and locked the doors
as she refused to exit the vehicle.
Thanks to Daphne, the Cadillac Escalade now has driver’s
side venting as Deputies knocked out the window and she was
extracted from the vehicle by “Team Weber,” also known as
Deputies Brenden and Dylan Weber.
No surprise here, but Daphne Morris was also wanted on
active Brevard County warrants for Check Fraud and Driving
Without A Driver’s License.
And to make the trifecta even better, a
further search of a cargo trailer being pulled by the
vehicle produced two firearms, with one of them being
reported stolen out of the state of Kansas. |
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Since he decided to turn violent, Morris got to ride
the lightening as we call it, when Deputy Michael Neill tased him,
which helped him to better understand that he needed to get out of
the vehicle where he was taken into custody for Battery on an LEO,
Resisting With Violence, and subsequently, Possession of Meth,
Possession of Fentanyl, and Possession of Psilocybin Mushrooms, that
were all found in his possession.
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Now I wonder how that
got all the way to Florida, especially since both Joshua
Morris and Richard Ennis are convicted felons.
On a positive note…all three subjects
were transported to “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge” where they
qualified for our “Friends and Family” Plan that includes a
free “I Messed Around And Found Out” T-Shirt, free Rec Yard
passes, and also complimentary passes to the communal shower
area.
A huge thank you to all of our team members involved in this
case for being out there keeping our community safe while we
were sleeping.
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