4 females caught on viral video brawling — reportedly over parking space — at Florida beach; 2 arrested



Four females were caught on a viral video brawling — reportedly over a parking space — at a Florida beach, and two of them have been arrested.

According to WEAR-TV, the fight at Pensacola Beach occurred over the weekend.

'Hahaha that’s not how parking lots work, sweetheart.'

The station said a Facebook video of the melee attracted over 7 million views as of Wednesday morning. You can view an apparently different video of the fight here.

It all went down at the Mommy Beach parking lot on Pensacola Beach Boulevard, WEAR reported.

The misdemeanor arrestees are:

  • Victoria Posey, 18, of Pensacola. She was booked around 5 p.m. Sunday on a battery charge and released from Escambia County Jail at 7:45 p.m. the same day on a $1,000 bond, jail records state.
  • Allanaha Hills, 20, of Pensacola. She was booked at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday on a battery charge and released just 10 minutes later from Escambia County Jail on a $2,500 bond, jail records state. WEAR added that Hills turned herself in.

The sheriff's office said it all started when Posey was holding a parking spot by standing in it., the station reported.

Deputies noted that a verbal argument between Posey and another female soon turned physical when Posey began hitting the female, WEAR said.

"It started over a parking spot," sheriff's Lt. James Barnes told the station. "The lady arrived to park, but [Posey] was standing in the spot holding it. So when she gets out to say, 'Hey, I'm trying to park here,' an argument started — and then they started fighting over the parking spot."

A female in a pink outfit — Posey — punches a female numerous times and pulls her hair while the victim is on the ground, WEAR said.

A female in a blue outfit — Hills — hits another female who approaches and hits Posey as Posey is punching the first victim, the station said.

No further details have been released, WEAR reported.

You can view WEAR's video report about the dust-up here.

How are people reacting?

As you might imagine, a number of comments underneath the news station's video weren't terribly complimentary — such as:

  • "Hahaha that’s not how parking lots work, sweetheart."
  • "This is why I don’t go to beach anymore. Invasion of rude people."
  • "First nice day of the season...imagine that!"

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Stalker shows up at woman's workplace, begins punching her, cops say. But victim has a gun — and she uses it.



A stalker showed up at a woman's workplace in Pensacola, Florida, on Monday morning and began punching her, police said.

But the victim had a gun on her and shot the male once in the leg in self-defense, police added.

'She did nothing wrong. She was protecting herself like she should have done.'

Marquise James, 35, was arrested in connection with the 11:30 a.m. incident at the Downtown Pensacola Holiday Inn, WEAR-TV reported.

  Marquise JamesImage source: Escambia County (Fla.) Jail

Records show James was in the Escambia County Jail on Friday morning on charges of stalking, battery, smuggle contraband, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, resisting an officer, and simple assault. His bond is set at $26,500.

Pensacola Police Officer Mike Wood told WEAR that the stalking "has been going on for quite some time" and that "this male individual has been ... using social media, using phones" to do so.

Wood added to the station that "he's come to her place of employment before, and she told him to leave, and he did. But this time when he came, he saw her in the laundry room, he approached her and began punching her."

With that, Wood told WEAR that the victim "drew a handgun that she had legally and shot him once in the leg."

"He's much larger than she is, and she did what she had to do," Wood noted to the station, adding that "she did nothing wrong. She was protecting herself like she should have done."

Police told WEAR that no charges are being filed against the woman.

Wood added to the station that when James "was at the hospital, he kicked one of our officers." Wood also told WEAR that James "had cocaine and marijuana on him."

You can view a video report here about the incident.

How are people reacting?

Commenters under WEAR's Facebook post about the incident appear squarely behind the victim:

  • "I am glad she protected herself," one commenter wrote. "I'm just worried about when he gets out."
  • "Put him under the jail," another user demanded.
  • "Glad she had a weapon," another commenter said.
  • "Good for her," another user declared.

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'People really listen whenever he speaks': Former drug dealer who served hard time now working to mentor at-risk youth in his community
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'People really listen whenever he speaks': Former drug dealer who served hard time now working to mentor at-risk youth in his community



A Florida man who served two decades in prison for non-violent drug offenses is now working to keep young people in his community from following in his footsteps.

Hassan Hills, 42, of Pensacola, Florida, has begun a nonprofit called Youths Left Behind designed to support young people whose parents have been incarcerated.

"Out of all of the thousands of people in federal prison, I made it out," Hills said, "and I always told myself that if I ever got out, I will come back to the communities that I once destroyed and try to build them from within by working with our young people."

Hills says he knows how to help them because he was once among them.

"I myself was in the juvenile facility growing up, and when I went there, I saw the eyes of the children, the need for some mentorship," Hills said.

Hills' mom served time in a New Jersey prison for crack cocaine. When she was released and moved Hills and his siblings to Pensacola for a fresh start, Hills began selling drugs on his own to help his mother stay afloat.

"I had to do what I had to do in order to put food on the table and provide for me and my family," he said, according to Colin Warren-Hicks of the Pensacola News Journal. "What started off as just something to provide for my family led to a heart of greed, and I got addicted ... What most people don't understand is that it's an addiction. The money, the fame, the adrenaline that you get, it's an addiction."

In late 2001 when he was 20, after two felony convictions as a juvenile, Hills was found guilty of federal drug trafficking charges and sentenced to life in prison. Things looked bleak.

However, Hills was one of 330 prisoners who had their sentences commuted by former President Barack Obama before he left office. Then, when former President Donald Trump signed revisions to the Fair Sentencing Act, Hills qualified and applied for reduced sentencing.

His motion for early release was granted, and Hills was released on Feb. 5, 2021.

Shortly after his release, Hills reached out to the man who once worked hard to put him away: former police officer and current Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. Hills wanted Simmons' help in establishing a mentorship problem for at-risk kids.

"He feels like he owes the community a debt, and he has set out to repay that debt," Simmons said. "I'm glad to be able to help him in any way that I can, and I'm just super proud of him."

Hills now spends much of his time volunteering at places like AMIkids Pensacola – Escambia Boys Base and the Academy of Growth and Development, meeting with mainly teenage boys who need strong guidance.

Together, he and Simmons often speak about the evils of drug trafficking and the importance of making good choices for the future.

"Our objective at Youths Left Behind is to aid and assist youth who've been affected by a parent, guardian or loved one caught up in the system of mass incarceration, drug addiction and to provide comprehensive mentorship," Hills said.

"People really listen whenever he speaks," Simmons said.


Three armed crooks bust into residence, and homeowner drops his handgun. But victim retrieves AK-47-style weapon, starts firing, and crooks run for their lives.



A homeowner in Pensacola, Florida, won't be charged after firing an AK-47-style weapon at three accused home invaders, WKRG-TV reported.

What are the details?

The homeowner was alone his Pinestead Road residence at 11:42 p.m. Thursday when three men — one armed with a gun — pushed their way inside, the Pensacola News Journal reported.

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said the homeowner apparently pulled his own handgun from his waistband but dropped it, the News Journal reported.

One of the intruders picked up the handgun, but the homeowner was able to run to a back room and retrieve an "AK-47-style" weapon, Simmons added, according to the paper.

"He started shooting for his own protection, to get them out of his house and to protect himself," the sheriff said, according to the News Journal.

The intruders fled the home, but investigators identified two suspects — Antonio DeWayne Dean Jr., 18, and Da'Torrance Leanders Hackworth, 20 — and issued warrants related to the home invasion for both of them, the paper said.

Dean has active warrants for other alleged offenses, including domestic violence battery, carjacking, aggravated assaults with a firearm, and robbery with a firearm, Simmons told the News Journal.

  Image source: Escambia County Sheriff's Office Facebook video screenshot

What about the third suspect?

Simmons told the paper authorities received "a report of a third individual that had a wound to the head not long after [the home invasion]. The stories he's giving us as to how he got shot in the head are inconsistent at best. In short, we don't believe him." Simmons added to the News Journal that investigators are now trying to determine if this person also was involved in the home invasion.

While Simmons didn't name the third individual, the sheriff told the paper the man's injury wasn't life-threatening.

No charges against homeowner

Simmons also told the News Journal that the homeowner would "absolutely not" be charged for shooting at the home invasion suspects.

"The homeowner's protecting himself, and in Florida, in Escambia County, you can protect yourself," Simmons noted, according to the paper.

WKRG added that the incident is being investigated as a stand-your-ground case.

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