Press Release
The Office of State Attorney Glenn Hess announces that Segwayne Kirk Anthony Goldson, 29, of Jamaica, was tried and convicted by a Bay County Jury on October 11, 2016 of Sexual Battery using Physical Force Likely to Cause Serious Personal Injury for his attack on a female over age 18 on Panama City Beach this summer.
Assistant State Attorneys Barbara Beasley and Christine Smallwood showed that Goldson attacked the victim behind an abandoned Publix store on Middle Beach Road and dragged her into the woods where he brutally raped and strangled her. During the rape, Goldson strangled the victim to unconsciousness. When she woke, she ran half clothed into a residential area and flagged down a good samaritan who was driving by. During the trial, Assistant State Attorney Barbara Beasley presented DNA evidence that was collected at the hospital and examined by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that aided in establishing Goldson’s guilt. The case was investigated by Steve Rhinehart of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Circuit Judge Michael C. Overstreet scheduled a sentencing hearing on November 10, 2016. Goldson could face Life in prison with a 50 year minimum mandatory sentence. Goldson also has pending charges in Walton County for another Sexual Battery.
Please contact Chief Assistant Attorney Larry Basford at (850) 819-6985 for any questions.