LYNN HAVEN — Police arrested a Wewahitchka man who allegedly dove from the Bailey Bridge and then resisted officers as they tried to bring him aboard a rescue vessel, the Lynn Haven Police Department reported.
Bradlye Scott Bozeman, 44, was arrested Tuesday at about 3:15 p.m. on several charges connected with the incident.
LHPD reported receiving a call about a man who parked his vehicle on the Bailey Bridge and jumped into the water. Police saw Bozeman floundering in the water and called the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Lynn Haven Fire Department to the scene.
While officers were attempting to rescue Bozeman, he allegedly resisted their efforts and would not comply by getting into one of their vessels while at the same time he attempted to physically strike officers as they were attempting to render aid. Bozeman eventually was pulled from the water and charged with resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, leaving a vehicle unattended on a bridge and jumping from a bridge.
After being medically cleared, Bozeman was taken to the Bay County Jail to await first appearance.