Overview
- Authorities identified the driver as 41-year-old William White, who has been employed by USPS since 2025.
- FHP says the Dec. 27 encounter in Escambia County began with a misdelivered package the child tried to return on an electric scooter.
- Troopers allege White purposely drove toward the child and ran over the scooter as the boy jumped clear, injuring his ankle before transport to a Pensacola children’s hospital.
- Investigators report White removed the scooter, left the area, and threw it into a yard after a relative confronted him on Blue Jay Way.
- White was arrested at work on Dec. 31 and booked on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, petit theft, and criminal mischief, posted $5,500 bond, and is due in court on Jan. 23.