A Pensacola man pleaded guilty Thursday to carjacking, admitting that he led Baldwin County sheriff’s deputies on two different chases over the summer, forcibly taking a vehicle in the process.
Court records indicate that deputies responded on July 12 to a 911 call about an assault at a Chevron gas station in Foley. Billy Joe Burns admitted that he got into a fight with the ex-husband of the woman he was with. He and the woman then took off, leading deputies on a chase after he refused to pull over in the Miflin community, according to his written plea agreement.
With the deputy pointing a gun at the woman, another driver passing by stopped to ask if she could help. When she did, according to the plea agreement, Burns threatened her with a broke piece of cinder block, pulled her from the Dodge Caravan and then drove away in it.
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