SANTA ROSA COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Sheriff Wendell Hall

Navarre Man in Custody After Stabbing Incident in Navarre

On 09/12/07 at approximately 10:45 pm , Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a disturbance located at 1859 Esplanade Street, Navarre, FL. When deputies were on Esplanade Street responding to the scene, they were flagged down by a white male subject standing near a pickup truck that had struck a telephone pole. There was another vehicle parked next to the pickup truck. The white male subject, identified as John Abegg, stated that he and his brother (Dennis Abegg) had just been attacked at a party. John Abegg told deputies that his brother, Dennis, had been stabbed. Dennis was located in the other vehicle that was parked next to the pickup truck. Deputies approached Dennis Abegg and noticed that he was covered in blood. They also noticed that Dennis Abegg had what appeared to be three stab wounds on his left shoulder and lower back. Dennis Abegg told deputies that he had been stabbed by a person known to him as Christopher Bryant. Dennis Abegg was transported by ambulance to Baptist Hospital . John Abegg told deputies that he and his brother had gone to 1859 Esplanade Street to help a friend retrieve a vehicle. When John and Dennis arrived, Bryant exited the residence with a metal pipe and a knife. A fight then broke out between a number of people who were present at the party. During this fight, Dennis Abegg engaged in a fight with Christopher Bryant and was subsequently stabbed. Bryant also attacked John Abegg with a pipe, striking him in the lower back and legs. John Abegg then retreated to his pickup truck and began to back away from the scene in his pickup truck. While John was backing up, he struck a telephone pole. Dennis Abegg had also retreated from the scene in a vehicle and pulled up next to John Abegg and told him that he had been stabbed. Witnesses at the scene also confirmed that Bryant had been brandishing a metal pipe and a knife during the fight. Christopher Bryant was located at the scene and taken into custody by deputies. John Abegg refused to be transported to the hospital and told deputies that he would go on his own.

Dennis Abegg's injuries are not considered life threatening. Christopher Bryant is being held in the Santa Rosa Jail on a $20,000.00 bond.

Suspect:

Christopher Delaine Bryant, W/M, 19 years old

7200 Block of East Bay Boulevard, Navarre , FL

Charges:

Aggravated Battery, 2 counts, 2 nd degree felony

Victims:

Dennis Abegg, W/M, 18 years old (Navarre Resident)

John Abegg, W/M, 20 years old (Navarre Resident)

Press Release By:

Sgt. Scott Haines

Media Relations Unit

(850) 981-2136 or shaines@srso.net