NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
June 17, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

HAYNES TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

   
Harold Haynes

      A Crestview man wanted on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, domestic-violence - is now in custody. A deputy spotted 41-year old Harold Cornelius Haynes driving a car near the intersection of Farmer Street and Stillwell Boulevard in Crestview around eleven a.m. this morning (Tuesday).

     Deputies pulled Haynes over in the Richburg Lane area and have now taken him to the Okaloosa County Jail.

     Haynes is charged with pouring rubbing alcohol on his girlfriend at their home on 1158 Farmer Street on June 15^th and then setting her on fire with a cigarette lighter. 45-year old Madeline Miller is currently still hospitalized as a result of the attack. No other details are available at this time.

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