From staff reports

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A Pensacola Police Department officer was arrested Sunday on charges of battery, trespassing and obstructing justice for an alleged incident Friday night.

A redacted police report states that Jeffery Scott McGaughey went to a Pensacola home uninvited about 10:30 p.m. Friday and became aggressive when he was told to leave.

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When McGaughey didn’t leave, a 17-year-old boy in the home called 911, according to the police report. McGaughey then pushed the boy through the apartment and onto a bed before taking away his cellphone and hanging it up, the report says.

The boy was able to get out of the apartment, according to the report, then came back to knock on the back door of the home to alert two adults in the home, who didn't appear to witness the first argument. Two PPD officers arrived on scene and tried to calm McGaughey down, but he was eventually escorted from the property, the report says. The officers had to step between McGaughey and one of the adult witnesses to avoid a physical fight after McGaughey told the witness "you can die on (the) property, too," according to the report.

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The other witness said she was woken up by the knocking on the back door and saw the victim standing on the back porch with McGaughey and two officers. She said she witnessed McGaughey yelling obscenities at the other adult witness.

McGaughey was on leave from the PPD when the incident occurred. He appeared via video in court Monday morning, and is set for his next appearance March 21.