so they said call my mom
said that I love myself too much man I'm
not
I'm not a threat to myself for no one
else pays me go ahead just now touch me
get on your knees Bye Mom bye
I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait
and I'm going it's Marion County yep yay
this is John Lee Cronin on June 2nd 2022
Marion County sheriff's deputies
responded to a call reporting that he'd
sprayed a woman in the face with a
garden hose supposedly he'd asked for a
drink claiming to be hyperventilating
hoping to gain some more clarity
deputies separate the two as soon as
they arrive to obtain individual
Accounts at least one of these
conversations will not go well and what
begins as a bizarre encounter eventually
boils over into a bout of insane
theatrics unlike anything you've seen
before a [ __ ] you don't need medical
attention
hyperventilator
so what's going on today
we're arguing hold on come over here
why would they why would they say that
because I was arguing with her and she
don't want me to be here or whatever she
wants me to get away from her
you know what I mean all my I told her I
got all my clothes everything's up front
what are you leaving for the night
she wasn't going to see what happens you
know what I mean it's in my house this
is where I live at so you never said you
were gonna harm yourself
never said you're gonna harm anybody at
all
what town are we in
listen I just this is Summerfield Rock
wow summer filled up what year is it
22 who's our president
to do it
guy um
his responses to this standard mental
assessment stack up to a far from
Stellar score to say the least
so who is she to you
who's that right yeah that's great with
the hose yeah my girlfriend okay we were
arguing I will never stopped on drugs
you know and she almost lost so before I
thought you're killing me on these
babies taking life out of me and these
babies because you don't want to stop
your foolishness this ain't ain't that
out here for me real quick John if you
don't mind just just until I talk to him
and
those cameras work
yeah yeah as far as I know
somebody else did they get audio I don't
know I don't know if they really see
their audio or nothing John invites the
deputy to come out front so he can
discuss something both timely and
important with his mother
hey Mom Bob sugar please
stop that's my mom
okay
well here's a real song I'm just gonna
play it's gonna get real ugly I'm not
getting baked right
now myself and I don't want to harm
myself or nobody else we're trying to
figure all that out John John's mention
of the Baker Act is in reference to a
Florida statute that allows for the
involuntary commitment of a person for
mental health care and observation if
they displace signs of a mental illness
present a danger of harm to themselves
or others or display a disregard for
their own health prior to Commitment the
subject has to be medically capable of
undergoing a 72-hour hold the criteria
for the hold is that the subject
presents a substantial likelihood of
imminent or near future threat of harm
to sell for others past statements don't
qualify under this standard instead
there must have been very recent
statements or actions to support a
finding of the substantial likelihood
mental illness alone doesn't satisfy the
criteria since there must be an element
of likely harm accompanying the
perceived mental illness or disability
intoxication whether voluntary or
involuntary developmental disabilities
and certain other conditions that
manifest due to either substance abuse
or certain anti-social behaviors also do
not satisfy the criteria as of at least
2005 depending on the outcome of
examinations conducted during the hold
the person may be involuntarily placed
in inpatient or outpatient treatment
voluntarily placed in treatment or
released without further evaluation and
treatment even if that was the case you
know that'd be pretty stupid to catch a
charger it is what it is okay it is what
it is man life goes on you know you
don't want to go back
on brother
life goes on at long last someone comes
out of the home and cautiously walks a
cigarette over to an officer who allows
John to smoke it this brief Hiatus and
theatrics turns out to be short-lived
officers slowly and cautiously approach
John hoping to de-escalate the situation
before things get out of hand John do me
a favor I'm knocking bake rag you do I'm
not turning I'm gonna cuff off of what
I'm not
I'm not a threat to myself for no one
else you're gonna have to taste me
you're gonna shoot me dude no huh you're
gonna have to tase me dude he's gonna
show me with that taser don't touch me
dude don't touch me don't touch me
you're gonna get a taste get on the
ground I don't care kill me I'll play
around I don't want to tase you man come
on please your Baker Acting before I'm
not no harm to myself or others
okay that's what he's trying to do Kill
Me by Daisy of my body's soaking wet and
he's gonna tase me we're not trying to
taste you tase me go ahead no no please
no I'm not turning around I'm not
coughing up all right I'm not turning
around and coughing up I I really don't
want to tease you okay
Summit
get on the stomach
put your hands behind your back now
you say you love me baby
you see what you did slow him down
taser deployed
pick me up dude shut up yes
roll over
amid the scuffle John impressively
managed to knock both officers body
cameras off sending them flying into the
grass haphazardly oh they ain't got no
body cameras neither here's yours here's
mine
[Applause]
help me off dude you're gonna tease me
again dude dude Stacey do not taste me
again dude stay seated I'm Gonna Make
You tase me again okay stay seated I'm
gonna make you engage me again
come here babe
you said you loved me so I guess we're
done right huh
I guess we're done then right
are we done Sophie
I'm going to prison you know that right
I'm gonna make it up again in a second I
gotta get up dude I'm under the
influence and heroin ice I need help
dude I'm
I can't wait
I can't wait I can't wait John's claimed
that he's under the influence of both
heroin and ice or meth if true explains
a lot about his behavior what began as
an alleged domestic battery incident is
developed into a true laundry list of
potential charges I I hope you ain't
going to press charges man I hope not
get up get up
we're past that bro you swing at me and
you're in the face and you expect me
come on bro hey Mom
hey get all my stuff all my stuff please
hey so
come here to my mom hurry up run hurry
hey
I love you hear me
if you still want to be with me or
whatever it is what it is and I'm going
to Marion County yippee yay
I can't I can't lift my legs up dude
lift them up a minute and I can't lift
him up dude all right then we're gonna
drag in from the other side
after a final bow defeat Dragon it seems
John is finally secured well
I went better than I thought it was
gonna go when he started swinging
EMS now on C attempts to get up to speed
on the situation and more importantly
John's condition deputies are
understandably eager to get him to the
jail and booked but ultimately this
decision falls on EMS
medically necessary to transport and
will transform
we can treat him there but yeah yes yeah
if do your evaluation but if it's not
medically necessary to transform the
hospital we'll have them evaluated
there's about eight pounds
it's a good thing that the taser counts
so many times it says yeah quickly
observing that John is both expressing
symptoms of Overdose and claiming to
have taken narcotics EMS administers
Narcan a nasal spray used to rapidly
reverse the effects of a possible
overdose John for his part is rapidly
deteriorating in the back seat now
appearing completely lethargic and
slumping nearly falling out of the car
it was the medically necessary for him
to go by ambulance I mean you can't get
a blood pressure it's heart rate's a
little high but um
where on the side of caution it's
decided he'll indeed be transported to a
hospital before he checks into his stay
at the Marion County Jail
we're going to the hospital get you
checked out
come on stand up
all right
that way
dude my legs bro you're a strong guy
so I'm gonna get him out
um
John miraculously did not throw up and
at long last stumbled through the doors
where he's quickly given a room and
undergoes a full assessment what'd you
bringing me
a few times punch a few times
I think that love it love it you
understand each of these rights have
explained to you John
having these rights in mind you want to
talk to me yes or no all right I got a
couple questions I'm going to ask you
okay what brought you here today
why did you resist like the deputies
you resisted the deputies you swung and
punched one oh man ah
why did you resist where they had to use
their taser
right yes
they were gonna shoot you yeah
I don't know why it points
you don't remember do you remember do
you remember what happened today
not much not much my girlfriend yeah it
was arguing
she called my mom and said it was
where are you yes you were I was gone
okay
well that that's why we were there we
were there to help you not hurt you oh I
don't know
after sufficiently recuperating John was
booked at the Marion County Jail where
he was charged with three counts of
battery and two counts of resisting
arrest it appears the plea deal was
agreed upon Jon pleaded guilty to two
charges of battery on a law enforcement
officer and resisting an officer with
violence in exchange for an additional
battery charge and a resisting charge
having been dropped despite his adamant
declarations to the contrary John did go
back to jail and will remain there for
the foreseeable future