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Palm Coast Man Accused of Threatening Ex’s Life Over Food Stamps Card at Her Workplace

March 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Travis Montrell Williams.
Travis Montrell Williams.

The 39-year-old woman and Travis Montrell Williams, 40, had broken up that day after living together for nine years. The woman went to work Friday evening (Mar. 6), but she alleges Williams kept calling her and making threats.




At one point the woman put him on speaker phone so a colleague could hear that Williams was allegedly threatening her life, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s arrest report. He was claiming she was in possession of his food stamps card, and that when she’d get back home, “he was going to kill her,” the report states. (She did in fact have the card.)

The woman hung up. Soon after that, Williams showed up at Princeton Village, the assisted living facility where his ex works, and at one point–again on the phone–threatened to “smash” the woman’s neck, an alleged threat he made using an expletive. The woman called 911.

Sheriff’s deputies responded–as did Sheriff Rick Staly, who was on one of his regular Friday evening patrols. While a deputy spoke with the woman, Staly was behind the building, looking for Williams’s car–and made contact with him.

Williams, the arrest report states, “refused to communicate” with the sheriff. “I made contact with Sheriff Staly and used loud verbal commands for [Williams] to roll down his vehicle window,” the arresting deputy reported. “After numerous attempts, [Williams] opened his driver’s door and complied with my commands.”

A resident of Ullian Trail in Palm Coast, Williams denied threatening the woman, saying only that he’d asked to have his food stamps card back. He said he went to her place of work to retrieve it, and once he realized he wasn’t going to get it back, decided to head home and wait for the woman there.

On the strength of a witness hearing Williams’s alleged threats by phone, Williams was arrested and charged with domestic assault, a misdemeanor. He posted bail on $2,500 bond and was released.

“I’m glad that we were able to get there before he could harm the victim or the witness,” Staly was quoted as saying in a release. “We have focused on domestic violence as an agency and made strides in reducing domestic violence in Flagler County by implementing numerous resources to aid victims. It is not a problem that will ever disappear completely. I hope that the victim is able to move forward and get out of this violent relationship.”

Williams faced a domestic battery charge last September. The charge was dropped.

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Comments

  1. Richard says

    March 10, 2020 at 5:10 pm

    A leopards spots never change! So what makes people think that by reducing or dropping charges will change the spots? Get a grip people and let criminals know that there are serious consequences for their actions.

    I discovered early in my life that I did not like suffering the consequences for my stupid decisions.

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    • The Geode says

      March 10, 2020 at 10:49 pm

      so…. you’re saying that “second chances” are ONLY reserved for YOU? Maybe the judge should have determined that “a leopard never change” (you messed that up, dude) and gave YOU a harsh punishment or perhaps locked you up forever.

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      • Richard says

        March 11, 2020 at 1:26 pm

        I guess you got it wrong too, DUDE. “A leopard never changes its spots” is the correct expression BUT I bet you got the point, Eh!. Plus I have personally received many very harsh punishments in my life unlike what is being handed out to people in the country today. It seems that judges are so overloaded with cases along with all of the correctional facilities being jam packed that criminals today know that they will most likely not have to suffer the true consequences for their actions. So on and on it goes.

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  2. Really says

    March 10, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    Nevermind Corona Virus Domestic Violence is an epidemic right here in PC. Not a week goes by without cases popping up. To combat this is a change of Mentality and thought process. If not taken seriously escalation will result. Keep up the fight to end it.

    Reply
  3. ASF says

    March 10, 2020 at 8:14 pm

    Gee, it’s so hard to guess who probably posted the bail for him. If I were the management at Princeton Village, I’d be taking steps to protect the residents from harm that might come from this loose cannon of an abuser.

    Reply
  4. The says

    March 10, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    Able bodied people should not be allowed food stamps

    Reply
  5. Tyryce says

    March 11, 2020 at 11:16 am

    Hope this girl can stay safely away from him.

    Reply
  6. ASF says

    March 11, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    This guy obviously has money for upkeep on a car and gas to fuel it and has the ability to focus in on his own priorities–which in this case, seems to be controlling his ex and terrorizing her into bending to his will. Why is he receiving food stamps? I wonder if “the ex” kept them because she feels he “owes” her and this is her “debt payment”? Not worth getting killed over–and probably not legal either. If there is doubt about whether he should be receiving said benefits, it should be reported to authorities for further determination. And if there is any doubt about his fitness to remain in the community unsupervised, DV charges should be brought whether the “ex” wants to follow through on pressing the charges or not. He needs to electronically monitored, at the very least.

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  7. Brian says

    March 11, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    @Really – There does not appear to be much “mentality” or “thought process” in play here….

    Reply
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