Another ugly example of America’s collapsing standards of public behavior reportedly unfolded aboard a cruise ship in Florida, where authorities say an allegedly intoxicated couple responded to a simple request for quiet by forcing their way into a family’s cabin and attacking everyone inside, including a 9-year-old child.
Gannon Jacox, 29, and his girlfriend Brooklyn Hicks, 28, were arrested Saturday evening at Port Canaveral after the ship docked. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey laid out the outrageous details in a Facebook post that left little to the imagination.
According to Ivey, Jacox and Hicks “were apparently arguing loudly after taking advantage of some adult beverages” when one of the victims asked them to quiet down.
Hicks didn’t like the request and went to confront the family. Jacox followed with his cell phone, started recording, and told Hicks to “beat them up.”
What followed was absolute mayhem.
The pair then pushed their way into the victims’ cabin, where the 9-year-old child was inside. A fight broke out. “As a fight ensued Jacox ends up hitting all 3 people (including the child) and Hicks was just swinging, hoping one would land,” Ivey wrote.
Jacox suffered a “pretty gross injury to his eye” that the sheriff said may have come from one of the victims defending themselves or from “friendly fire” courtesy of his girlfriend’s wild punches. Thankfully, none of the family members were seriously injured in what Ivey called a “ridiculous escapade.”
Below is the full press release:
Ok folks it’s time for another edition of “The Chronicles of Cruising” Brevard County style!!
Just to round out the weekend we’re bringing you another incident from one of our many cruise ships this weekend…and if isn’t the summer heat that’s getting to them, it’s definitely the alcohol!! Actually now that I think about things, it’s for sure the alcohol combined with an apparent lack of common sense!!
In this case the suspects, Gannon Jacox, and his girlfriend Brooklyn Hicks, were apparently arguing loudly after taking advantage of some adult beverages, when one of the victims asked them to quiet down. Hicks apparently didn’t like the request so she decided to go confront them.
Jacox then decides it’s a great idea to walk over with his cell phone and start recording the incident as he tells Hicks to beat them up!! The suspects then pushed their way into the victims room, which included a 9 year old child that was inside the room!!
As a fight ensued Jacox ends up hitting all 3 people (including the child) and Hicks was just swinging, hoping one would land.
Jacox got a pretty gross injury to his eye, that was either caused by one of the victims or friendly fire from the Haymakers his girlfriend was throwing!!
Well, regardless of how insane the entire incident was, thankfully none of the victims were seriously injured in this ridiculous escapade!!
So what’s the moral of the story…if you can’t hold your liquor, then you definitely shouldn’t be out in public causing a scene like this and injuring random people including a child!! And if that memo is not clear enough for you then you might want to stay your butt out of Brevard County!!
Well at any rate Jacox got a very expensive shore excursion to Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge on charges of Burglary With A Battery and Child Abuse Without Great Bodily Harm and Hicks was charged with Burglary With Battery and Battery-Touch/Strike!!
Hopefully they enjoy their extended stay at their unplanned destination with close quarter sleeping arrangements, communal showers, no drink packages and of course no excursions!! Of course on a bright note they will have sandals but not like the Sandals Resorts just the ones you wear in the shower!!
You know the deal folks, break the law in Brevard County and I promise you the lodge will have a reservation with your name on it!!
Jacox was charged with burglary with battery and child abuse without great bodily harm. Hicks was charged with burglary with battery and battery-touch/strike. Both were booked into the Brevard County Jail. Jacox’s bond was set at $31,000; Hicks at $6,000, according to local reporting from WFTV.
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