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Jump From Balcony Doesn't Save Man From Arrest

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By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 6, 2007

A Temple Terrace man tried to avoid arrest today by jumping off a third-story balcony, Hillsborough County deputies say.

In the end, Norris Nathaniel Mincey Jr. still was arrested. He landed on a truck and wound up in Tampa General Hospital, where he was listed late this morning in critical condition.

Deputies arrested Mincey, 31, at 12:30 a.m. after an incident at 8207 E. Adamo Drive, Room 311. The incident began when an argument turned physical and Mincey struck his 20-year-old girlfriend in the face and chest, pulled her hair, and then fled on foot, deputies say.

"They were arguing. They got physical. She left," sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. "Then she came back, and they started arguing again. He started hitting her, pulling her hair, and at one point he actually spit on her."

She called deputies for help.

A deputy spoke with her, walked her back to the room and saw Mincey in a hallway, Carter said.

Mincey had a "large bulge on his left upper hip," which turned out to be a bag filled with drugs, she said.

Here's what happened after that, according to arrest documents:

Mincey pushed the deputy and tried to flee but fell to the floor.

The deputy tried to hold Mincey down, but Mincey reached for the deputy's belt. The deputy pushed off Mincey, removed a Taser and gave Mincey commands.

Mincey didn't comply.

Mincey attempted to jump off the balcony but instead said he was giving up. He ran to the deputy and tried to push the deputy again.

The deputy attempted to use the Taser "with negative results."

Then Mincey turned around, jumped off the balcony and landed on a red truck. When the deputy ran downstairs, Mincey got up, fled east and tried to climb a 6-foot wooden fence. The deputy arrested him.

Mincey had a bag containing 89.2 grams of cocaine and several small plastic bags containing a green, leafy substance that tested positive for cocaine and marijuana, officials said.

He also had more than $1,000 in cash.

Mincey, of 9407 Channing Circle, Apt. 2601, was charged with felony trafficking in cocaine, possession of marijuana, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence. He also was arrested on five warrants for delivery and possession of cocaine, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.

No bail has been set.

Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.

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