Bat wielding man jailed for assault

Threatens woman with children at home

A Century man who wielded a baseball bat and threatened to kill everyone in an apartment where he was living Jan. 2 faces felony assault charges.

Brian Oneil Madison, 32, was arrested and charged with one count felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon when law enforcement officers dispatched to 21 Cottage Street in Century found a male, later identified as Madison, extremely irate and screaming, along with damage in several rooms of an apartment, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report.

When officers arrived, the report said they observed a male pacing back and forth, pac...