{"id":95156,"date":"2016-12-29T18:30:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T23:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=95156"},"modified":"2016-12-29T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T23:35:01","slug":"elderly-man-behind-bars-hitting-salesman-golf-club-car-sale-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/elderly-man-behind-bars-hitting-salesman-golf-club-car-sale-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man behind bars for hitting salesman with a golf club during car sale event"},"content":{"rendered":"
FLORIDA — The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested an elderly Sarasota man after he attacked a salesman during a dispute in the parking lot of a local shopping mall.<\/p>\n
Deputies were called to Westfield Sarasota Square just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, for reports of a disturbance. According to the victim who is an event salesman for Nissan, he was working in the mall’s parking lot when he was approached by 83-year-old Linsey Owens.<\/p>\n
Owens presented a promotional mailer and after learning he would have to buy a car in order to receive his prize, he became angry and began arguing with the victim.<\/p>\n
When Owens was asked to leave, he got into his vehicle and swerved, striking the victim with his mirror. Owens then stopped his car, retrieved a golf club from his trunk and began hitting the victim on the face and arms.<\/p>\n
The victim captured the incident on video and provided it to responding deputies who later made contact with Owens at his home and took him into custody without incident.<\/p>\n