- February 4, 2025
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A former Ormond Beach Police Officer was arrested on Friday, Jan. 31, on felony battery charges after he pushed a woman into a glass wall at the police station.
The woman, a 46-year-old Ormond Beach resident, had been arrested for driving under the influence after she crashed into a motorcyclist in the 200 block of West Granada Boulevard on Dec. 6, 2024. After she refused to provide a second breath sample, the handcuffed woman stood up from a chair and refused to sit back down, the police officer, 32-year-old Jacob Cannon, of Palm Coast, used pushed her over the chair and into a wall before letting her go, causing her to fall to the ground, according to an arrest affidavit by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Cannon, the report states, stood over her, "yelling he told her to have a 'f------ seat,'" the report states. The woman suffered significant bleeding from her head, later receiving seven sutures at the hospital.
Neither Cannon, nor the officer in the room with him, administered first aid, though the second officer called for rescue personnel. When the Ormond Beach Fire Department arrived, Cannon informs a captain that the woman had "stood up and attempted to leave the room before slipping and falling, striking the metal frame around the glass wall," the FDLE affidavit states. He added that he moved her into a holding cell, where she "threw herself" off the bench, landing on the floor.
In a statement, Ormond Beach Police Chief Jesse Godfrey stated that Cannon was placed on administrative leave after immediate review of the incident as two investigations started — FDLE's criminal investigation, and an internal affairs investigation by OBPD.
"This incident does not represent the way we police our community," Godfrey said in the statement. "The men and women who do professional and compassionate work on a daily basis serving our citizens have no tolerance for this type of behavior. I have no tolerance for this type of behavior."
Cannon resigned from the department shortly before turning himself in to the Volusia County Branch Jail. He had been working for OBPD since February 2023 and was working as a patrol officer at the time of the incident. He was released on a $25,000 bond on Saturday, Feb. 1.
"I would also like to publicly apologize to the victim in this case, and I am sorry that this happened to you," Godfrey said. "Rest assured that the former officer is being held accountable for his actions."
