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Originally Posted by bagboy
And, let's not forget the person in this thread that yelled at someone he doesn't know carries a weapon. This situation could have easily been tragically different. The other cart driver could have taken offense to a man and woman yelling at his/her family. A confrontation could have endued, and someone could have been hurt or killed...
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This happened last September in The Villages, I've deleted the man's name and deleted some identifying information. This story comes from the online newspaper.
A 66-year-old Villages softball player is facing felony charges of assault and battery after he allegedly threatened a fellow Villager with a baseball bat when tempers flared on a golf cart path.
***** is accused of threatening a man over the age of 65 and striking his golf cart with the bat, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff‘s Office.
At the time of the incident on Sept. 11, ****** was wearing a logo that deputies were later able to connect to a Villages softball team.
A week after the incident, ****** opted to turn himself in at the Sumter County Sheriff‘s Annex.
On the day of the incident, ****** was coming out of a tunnel at Mariposa Way and Morse Boulevard. ****** was turning out of the tunnel when the victim blew his horn and informed ******* that he had just run a stop sign, the arrest report indicates.
******* then slammed on his brakes, got out of his cart, grabbed the victim by the arm and tried to pull him out of his golf cart. ****** returned to his cart, retrieved a baseball bat and, after taking a batting stance, threatened to hit the other Villager in the head. ****** then allegedly hit the man’s golf cart with the bat. The victim then drove to the Sheriff’s Annex to report the incident.
Tracing the logo to a local softball team, a deputy initially made contact with ******* by phone. He said he would like to personally apologize to the other man and make restitution for any damage done to the golf cart.
On Friday, Sept. 18, ****** was arrested on charges of assault on a person over the age of 65, battery on a person over the age of 65, and criminal mischief with damage to property.
He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $8,000 bond.