Wrestler Jayden Steele’s Arrest: Note, Charges, and Court Status

The Jayden Steele wrestler arrest refers to the May 2025 case of Jordan Williams, a 34-year-old independent professional wrestler who performed under that ring name and was taken into custody in Santa Rosa County, Florida after a woman left a handwritten note in a Jersey Mike’s bathroom asking for a wellness check. Williams faces felony charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery, and battery by strangulation, along with a misdemeanor battery count, all classified as domestic violence.¹

How the Note Led to the Arrest

On May 27, 2025, a Jersey Mike’s Subs employee in Navarre, Florida, Eleanor Coffee, found a crumpled piece of paper by the toilet paper dispenser in the restaurant’s bathroom. The note read, “Please help me. I’m at this address in Navarre. I need you to call the police and do a wellness check,” and it included the writer’s name, a nearby address, and instructions for deputies.² A fuller version reported from court documents warned deputies not to approach the house unless her Hyundai Kona was in the driveway, because the suspect’s parents would otherwise alert him.³ Coffee and her manager called 911.⁴

Deputies from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office reviewed the restaurant’s surveillance footage, cross-referenced the address, and identified Williams, with whom the victim had a documented history of domestic violence.⁵ They executed a search warrant at a residence roughly two miles from the restaurant, found the 29-year-old victim with a black eye, suspected broken bones, and head injuries, and transported her to a hospital. Williams was arrested at the scene.⁶

The Charges

Williams was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail on May 28, 2025. All counts are classified as domestic violence:

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (felony)
Kidnapping / false imprisonment (felony)
Battery (felony)
Battery by strangulation (felony)
Battery — touch or strike (misdemeanor)

Williams pleaded not guilty.¹

What Deputies Were Told

The victim told deputies that Williams had held her in isolation at the residence for roughly six to eight months, controlled her movements and her phone, and that when she had tried to escape in the past she was “caught and harmed.”⁶ She described three specific attacks in the three months before her rescue: Williams allegedly held a knife to her throat, choked her and slammed her to the ground while kneeling on her back, and punched her in the face.³

The victim’s ex-husband contacted deputies and said he had an active restraining order against Williams. He described a prior incident in which Williams allegedly held the victim captive for two days, tied her to a bed, urinated on her, and spat tobacco in her mouth.³ Chief Deputy Randy Tifft said this was the third domestic violence incident involving Williams known to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.⁷

Court Status

Williams made his first court appearance on May 29, 2025, and was ordered held without bond.⁵ His arraignment was scheduled for June 19, 2025.² Wrestling outlet PWInsider reported Williams was still being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail as of mid-2026.⁸

Who Jayden Steele Is

Williams competed on the independent professional wrestling circuit under the ring name Jayden Steele and was described in reports as a local independent wrestler based in the Florida Panhandle. He was 34 at the time of his arrest.¹