{"id":372726,"date":"2026-08-16T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372726\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T03:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:00:26","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-exposing-himself-throwing-tv-at-deputies-imma-kill-yall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372726\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of exposing himself, throwing TV at deputies: \u2018Imma kill y’all\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Bay County deputies arrested a 40-year-old man Thursday after he allegedly threw household items, including a television, onto vehicles from an apartment balcony.<\/p>\n

Deputies said Marcus Butler exposed his genitals, threatened to kill law enforcement officers and barricaded himself inside his home.<\/p>\n

SWAT team members forced their way inside and arrested Butler following a standoff at the Perla Apartments in the Upper Grand Lagoon area, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

UPPER GRAND LAGOON, Fla. – A Florida<\/a> man was arrested after Bay County deputies say he exposed his genitals, threw household items, including a television, from an apartment balcony onto vehicles and threatened to kill law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said Marcus Butler, 40, faces multiple felony charges following the Thursday incident at the Perla Apartments in the Upper Grand Lagoon area.<\/p>\n

Items thrown from apartment balcony<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the 8000 building at the apartment complex around 11:30 a.m. after receiving reports that Butler was throwing household items from his balcony onto vehicles below and harassing residents.<\/p>\n

While deputies were at the scene, investigators said Butler continued throwing items, including a TV, at vehicles, patrol cars and deputies.<\/p>\n

Multiple vehicles, including BCSO patrol units, were damaged, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Bay County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Deputies also said Butler repeatedly exposed his genitals from the balcony while they tried to resolve the situation with him.<\/p>\n

Deputies obtained an arrest warrant and went to Butler’s apartment to take him into custody.<\/p>\n

Florida apartment standoff<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Butler barricaded himself inside the apartment after deputies showed up at his door, leading to a response from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team.<\/p>\n

SWAT members forced their way into the apartment and gave Butler commands, but authorities said he refused to comply.<\/p>\n

During the standoff, Butler threatened deputies, saying, “Imma kill y’all,” according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

After the standoff, Butler was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Butler was hit by a less-lethal round during the incident and was taken to Bay Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n

No deputies were injured.<\/p>\n

Butler was arrested and faces the following charges:<\/p>\n

Four counts of criminal mischief<\/p>\n

Three counts of indecent exposure<\/p>\n

Resisting an officer without violence<\/p>\n

Threats to kill a law enforcement officer<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing, BCSO said.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this story was provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Bay County deputies arrested a 40-year-old man Thursday after he allegedly threw household items, including a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[150563,4525,150562,57886,28,30,29,92980,12097,150561],"class_list":["post-372726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-apartment-balcony","tag-bay-county","tag-bay-county-sheriff39s-office","tag-county-deputies","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-household-items","tag-law-enforcement-officers","tag-marcus-butler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}