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Florida man points AR-15 in Uber driver's face, forces him to ground for dropping daughter off: deputies
FOX 35 Orlando ^ | 05/09/2024 | Aurielle Eady

Posted on 05/09/2024 3:35:27 PM PDT by rod5591

MILTON, Fla. - A Florida father was arrested over the weekend after pulling an AR-15 rifle on an Uber driver who dropped his daughter off at his home, according to deputies.

Sean Hollonbeck, 54, of Milton, was taken to jail on charges of false imprisonment of a person and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

On May 4, shortly before 11 p.m., an Uber driver arrived at Hollonbeck's home to drop off the suspect's daughter.

The young female was still in the vehicle when she saw her father run up to the driver with an AR-15 in hand and force him to the ground, according to an arrest report.

Deputies said Hollonbeck pointed the gun in the driver's face and screamed at him to get out of the car, as his daughter went inside the home.

The report stated the daughter had friends over at the home who also witnessed the incident.

Hollonbeck forced the driver to show his driver's license before taking pictures of it and letting him go, deputies said.

According to the report, Hollonbeck admitted to his actions and said he was "afraid of his daughter's safety."

He was booked into the Santa Rosa County jail and later released after posting bond, jail records show. Fullscreen button

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; uber
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1 posted on 05/09/2024 3:35:27 PM PDT by rod5591
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To: rod5591

Somebody just lost his AR.


2 posted on 05/09/2024 3:36:43 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: rod5591

There’s gotta be a backstory here.


3 posted on 05/09/2024 3:41:13 PM PDT by Blueflag (Very often renting a Tesla from Hertz has the lowest rental cost per day versus even a compact gasol)
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To: rod5591

What a deranged idiot.


4 posted on 05/09/2024 3:42:05 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: rod5591
Here is the hot-head in need of some time to cool off. I am sure there is a long story behind this one ...


5 posted on 05/09/2024 3:43:39 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Blueflag

Yeah. The backstory is he’s nuts and shouldn’t own a weapon.


6 posted on 05/09/2024 3:43:54 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: plain talk

Nuts....Look at the eyes


7 posted on 05/09/2024 3:47:01 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug ( )
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To: George from New England

And with good reason. He just demonstrated that he doesn’t have the mental or emotional stability to be carrying around a firearm. And after this felony he won’t be allowed to own a gun anyway.


8 posted on 05/09/2024 3:48:18 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Blueflag

No mention of daughter’s age. Betcha there’s been big issues with her friends or BF.


9 posted on 05/09/2024 3:49:52 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: Fuzz

The backstory is a sad tale.

Readers are extremely confident that all the key facts are in the story. They have no hesitation in assuming the conclusion the writer wants the reader to make is the correct one. They can’t even conceive they could be wrong in their assumption, that any important facts could be missing.

This is life in our modern world.


10 posted on 05/09/2024 3:49:59 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: rod5591

English as a second language journalist. This is one the most poorly written piece I have attempted to read in a while.


11 posted on 05/09/2024 3:53:40 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Mount Athos

What backstory could there be that would justify this nutjob yanking the uber driver out of his car and pointing a weapon to his face?


12 posted on 05/09/2024 3:54:31 PM PDT by jimwatx
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The dude is a little high strung. Maybe drug or alcohol related. Nothing wrong with checking out the man who was driving around his underage daughter - but start with something less aggressive than a pointing a firearm. Maybe start with “Hi. Who are you?”


13 posted on 05/09/2024 3:54:45 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: rod5591

There is, always, more to the story.


14 posted on 05/09/2024 3:56:48 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual. )
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To: Mount Athos

https://weartv.com/news/local/milton-dad-accomplished-veteran-tells-his-side-in-uber-driver-gun-case-involving-daughter


15 posted on 05/09/2024 3:58:53 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug ( )
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He was outraged that the guy didn’t bring a pizza.


16 posted on 05/09/2024 4:01:19 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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What backstory could there be that would justify this nutjob yanking the uber driver out of his car and pointing a weapon to his face?

How about a rebellious daughter that is involved with bad men who is suddenly late to meet her friends at her house because one of her guys detained her?

17 posted on 05/09/2024 4:06:46 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: jimwatx

He doesn’t believe he overreacted Saturday night, just before 11 p.m., when he saw a strange car — with a strange man driving — drop his daughter off.

She’d snuck out of the house, took an Uber to Pensacola and was returning home.

Hollonbeck says he called both the Santa Rosa County and Escambia County sheriff’s offices when his daughter was gone, asking for guidance after she snuck out.

He says the lack of help led to him making a split-decision to pull the Uber driver from the car at gunpoint until the driver identified himself.


18 posted on 05/09/2024 4:10:02 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Mount Athos

Readers read the facts, which read for themselves.

The guy driving was also someone’s son.. and a licensed UBER driver.

We don’t get to point an AR15 in the face of some working stiff doing his job, because we’re too stupid for words.

🥳 Shoe-Foot exchange:

Without proof this WAS the Father, and “Baby” was safe, should the driver pull out his AR 15 and stick it in Daddy’s face??


19 posted on 05/09/2024 4:10:04 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. HIS. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/judicial-watch-)
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To: BubbaJunebug

According to that article he still doesn’t think he overreacted and what he did was proper. Then he goes on to say how he’s a retired veteran who’s involved with a charity so leave him alone because he’s a model citizen and so should be given special consideration. I wonder why he has a 13 y/o daughter who sneaks out of the house. Something tells me this “model citizen” might not be such a model father.


20 posted on 05/09/2024 4:15:48 PM PDT by jimwatx
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