Pensacola man beat a woman with a chair for 30 minutes, assaulted cop

Dinesh Patel

PENSACOLA, FL – On April 29th, around 6:40 a.m. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a man-down call on the 700-block of Yonge Street. Once on scene, deputies found a female victim severely beaten, lying in the middle of the road.

The domestic violence occurred inside a nearby home, where the victim was beaten with a chair for 30 minutes. She was rushed to a local hospital.

Deputies located the suspect, 47-year-old Cornelious Williams, inside the home. Williams punched a deputy in the face while resisting arrest; however, he was taken into custody.


Williams was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, and aggravated battery in a domestic violence situation.

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