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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:09 PM Jul 2021

Dispute Over Whether To Watch Cartoons Or "Monk" Results In Man's Arrest For Battery

During a dispute over whether to watch cartoons or the show “Monk,” a Florida man struck his roommate at an assisted living facility over the head with his cane, according to cops who arrested the accused assailant on a felony charge. Investigators say that Glenn Hutchinson, 58, struck the 56-year-old disabled victim during a confrontation Sunday evening at the Midway Manor facility in Clearwater. Both men are residents there due to “a variety of physical conditions,” according to an arrest affidavit.

While his roommate sought to watch cartoons, Hutchinson preferred to view “Monk,” the police procedural starring Tony Shalhoub as an obsessive-compulsive sleuth. The pair’s argument over the TV turned violent when Hutchinson hit the victim, Edward Vance Davis, on the head with his aluminum cane.

Hutchinson told police that Davis “drove his motorized scooter into his leg,” prompting him to swing the cane in self-defense. Davis, who was left with a “visible mark” due to the cane blow, was not transported to a hospital.

Charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, Hutchinson was booked into the county jail, where he remains behind bars in lieu of $5,000 bond. A judge has ordered him to have no contact with Davis.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/assisted-living/monk-cane-battery-149735

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Dispute Over Whether To Watch Cartoons Or "Monk" Results In Man's Arrest For Battery (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP
Wow...wonder how he's going to fare... ret5hd Jul 2021 #1
Different food items on his plate will definitely be touching one another ... in jail. Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2021 #2
I woulda voted for Monk 3Hotdogs Jul 2021 #3
At least they weren't arguing over manic depression meds or it would have been... Binkie The Clown Jul 2021 #4
LOL mercuryblues Jul 2021 #6
Here's what happened: NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #5
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Different food items on his plate will definitely be touching one another ... in jail.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:20 PM
Jul 2021

Hope that's not a problem for this guy

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