pull up in my yard. I'm like, "What's your problem?" And he went to go punch my husband through the window. >> He picked up a big foot that rock and he slammed and throws it at the back of my car, which is all up now. And I'm going to press charges. >> Hold on, bud. Chill out. >> Chill out. >> And then he takes a machete and throws it at him. >> Why are you so angry? >> Don't Butch. You know that's not >> I ain't the one. >> Yes. I was in fear for my life. That was going to kill me. Florida deputies roll up on an iate couple who say they've been attacked by a senior citizen in an off-road vehicle. Law enforcement soon catches up to the foulteered bleeding perpetrator who without his voice struggles to tell the deputies his side of this out of control story. >> He's always so nice. I don't know what got into him. Must have gone dark liquor. Oh yeah, baby. Whisk. >> The following report is based on official police records and the footage has never been seen before until now. Please note that all persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. On June 30th, 2025, a man in Denellan, Florida calls 911 to report that he and his wife were ambushed that afternoon by an old man he only knows by the name of Butch. >> I pull in my driveway. He's on a red truck wagon with a safety symbol on the back. I pull in the yard and he flips to me off, but I don't even know the guy. And next thing you know, he starts punching my window, picks up a big rock, and smashes my back tailgate in my Volkswagen. I get out of the car after I pull my car in forward cuz I don't want to get smashed. Don't get me wrong, I wanted to hit him so bad. And I did. >> He said this guy named Butch. >> Yes. >> Is in a a red wagon. >> Well, like like a four-wheel a side by side. A four-wheel side by side. >> Anthony says Butch hurled a machete and a pipe at him before leaving the scene. >> Oh, swear God. Where are the weapons now? >> I'm standing right here and near it and I'm protecting this weapon cuz I want his old ass in jail. I did my time in prison for my wrongs and this is not about to do this to me and me not do nothing and him stay out. No mm- >> with Marian County Sheriff's deputies on the way. The dispatcher gets a concise description of the perpetrator. >> White, tall, slim male, old as gray hair, drunk. His first name is Butch. I don't know his last name. Anthony is still riled up from the incident when a deputy calls him back. >> I want to his ass up, but I didn't want to put on his ass. I did so much time in prison. He was trying to throw a godd. >> He ain't the real skinny old dude that rides around that uh older >> Yeah, >> the older >> chuck wagon. >> I know where it's at. >> Oh, mother. I want to see soon. I'm call on you right now instead of beating your ass up this truck wagon and bring all down his ass up. >> When the deputies pull up to the house, Anony's wife Amy takes control of the story. >> He was sitting here in the yard. We drove by. He flicked us off. My husband said he was flicking off and said no. He just waved cuz I know he's a drunk old man. Okay. And um then so we turn around, we pull back up in the yard and he does it again. It was >> this is why we're in the highway now. >> So then I put down the window and like what's your problem? Then he tried to punch my wind window out. >> So where he was right? So he's in the driveway right there. Y'all pulled up and said, "Hey, what's the deal?" >> Yeah. I pulled up in my yard. Pull up in my yard. I'm like, "What's your problem?" And he went to go punch my husband through the window. We go through the yard. He picks up a big foot that rock and he slammed frozen at the back of my car, which is all up now. And I'm going to press charges. He's going to be on what he did. And that's all there is to it. >> The couple reminds the deputy that this initial attack was only the beginning. >> My husband like, you know, yelling at him, screaming. I'm like, whatever, whatever, because, you know, he's pissed now. I'm trying to get him not hit the guy cuz he he's Italian. He's just, you know, just losing >> because he don't know what to think about. >> But I got a kid. He stayed in the yard. Then he throws a metal pole at him. >> I thought he was going to say hi. >> He throws a metal pole at him. And you know, they're just having words. He can't talk. So obviously he ain't having words. You know what I mean? The other guy. And then he takes a machete and throws it at him. What still say out of his little chuck wagon? >> What I mean is the reason. >> Oh Anthony, relax. I got it. Come on. You know I got no car's ruined now and for no reason cuz the old wants to get drunk and come over here starting with people. >> He's always so nice. I don't know what got into him. Must have gone dark liquor. Oh yeah, baby. Whisper. >> Whatever led to the incident, it clearly left its mark on Anthony and Amy's Volkswagen. >> And then this is what happened with the rock. >> You got it right there. >> I ain't having it >> like that. And I'm not going back. >> I'm not having it. >> Where'd you go? Where'd you go to prison at? >> Jackson, ACI, all of them up in the panhandle. How much it going to cost to fix that tailgate on the trunk? >> I'm going say about five. >> I don't know. A thousand maybe. >> Question before you go. You Which seat were you seated? >> I was in passenger. >> Okay. Passenger seat. Did he come through the window and touch? >> Yeah. Yeah. He came through the window and try to hit me. >> Did he actually Did you have to block it? >> Yes. I turn around. >> So he made contact with you? >> Yes. But it like grazed me. It like barely I mean anything. I >> So he tried to window up. Yes. >> Your arm >> came at it again and he hit hard as he could bust the opening window. >> But yes, hell yeah. And that's when she rushed the yard and he hit the rock and hit him back in the trunk. >> The deputies turned to the couple's roommate Betty for her eyewitness account. She says she was having a friendly interaction with Butch as Amy and Anthony pulled up. >> I thought Butch was going to say hi to him and went like this and I had my back, you know. I just turn back around when I bam on the window. But got in a little buggy and threw the machete when he just fell off his desk. So trunk he couldn't even stand up about like that machete. >> He to being thrown machetes being thrown for no reason. I didn't see no reason whatsoever >> when he threw the machete in that post. Were you in fear that it was going to hit you? >> Yes, I was in fear for my life. That was going to kill me. >> Little baby girl. Little girl. I would have that ups. >> The deputies soon began collecting the weapons Butch is accused of launching into the yard. >> It's the end of my day. >> When do I get my report? How do I get my report? >> I'm about I'm writing a report right now. >> All right. >> I just need I just need to know for um um for the insurance. You know what I mean? >> Y heavy pipe. I think it's a >> I think it's from a jack. >> The only thing left to do is to go see Butch and hear his account of the attack. A task that won't be quite as easy as it seems. >> I bet he was drunker and cooter brown right now. >> He's such an island. >> Oh, a thousand%. The fact that it's happening in daylight is crazy. >> Let's go. Since I've been to prison, he's been in prison once for theft. The deputies drive to a residence a mile away where they find their bleeding suspect. >> Mr. Butch, how are we? >> 6569. You have medics 51. Subject has cuts on his legs. What happened? What happened? What happened to your leg? >> Hello. >> Hi. My mother-in-law's house. I live next door. >> Perfect. Does he have a voice box? >> Do I? >> Does he? >> Yes, he does. >> Okay. Does he know? Does he have it? >> Yeah. You have your talker? >> We go get it real quick. >> Go ahead. >> The search proves unsuccessful, though, and the lack of an effective communication tool sour Butch's mood. >> Hold on, bud. Chill out. >> Chill out for a second. >> Sean's coming right now. I I'm not saying nothing bad for you. >> Why are you so angry? >> Don't. But you you know that's not a one. >> Don't. Please don't. I'm begging you. Please. >> I see. >> I know. I know. What happened? Did something happen somewhere? Where at? What happened? >> At Betty's. Okay. >> What happened? What a lot. Even with the help of someone close to Butch, the story doesn't become much clearer. >> What happened? Was it Betty? She was talking. >> Who was it? >> Do you know their name? >> I don't know who that is. >> Who called? >> The mustachis. Amy and they live at Betty Townson's. >> Okay. >> Um, they said they don't know him. >> Is he okay to is he going to get arrested or is he charges or >> I don't know yet. Hey, >> you need to >> No, >> you need to relax. >> He's been having dreams. He's been having dreams about going to jail. >> He's been drinking too much is what the main issue. >> How much have you had a drink today? >> Beer, liquor. >> He'll show you. Yeah, I'll show you what he's drinking. >> He's definitely been drinking. I can smell it. >> Yeah. Yeah. I know. I can tell by the way he's acting. >> Butch doesn't reveal what if anything he's been sipping on today. And he appears eager to get this interaction over with. I'm not going to handcuff you behind your back. It's not going to happen. >> Well, you need to >> get right now. Got to get you cleaned up. >> I want to get your leg cleaned up before we go anywhere. >> Hit the hose. You want me hit you with the hose >> or just have him sit in the car until >> Do you want to go sit in my car? You have like a Are you sure your voice box ain't right there or is that cigarettes? That's cigarettes. >> Yeah. All right. You want me to give this to him? Yeah, you can't go to jail with them. You ain't in trouble for throwing the brick at the car and the machete. >> I know you don't care, but there's consequences for that. What do they do? >> That doesn't give you the right to. >> They might be, but that it's not a reason to do what you did. You don't even know them. >> The man's relationship to Butch isn't specified, but he has a possible explanation for the day's events. >> Has he ever been in trouble before? Yeah, >> I didn't think so. >> He gets a little crazy when he drinking and um he's on like some steroid like prennazone >> for physical pain or for what? >> Just for like his wounds and stuff like that and then so like when he's on it for long periods he gets like you know void raises his temper sometimes and alcohol doesn't help. >> No, I'm sure it says on the pill bottle do not consume with alcohol. >> Yeah. >> Medics pull up to examine Butch's cuts just as an important discovery is made. >> Oh. back of the door. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Oh, yeah. >> There we are. Look at that. >> No, >> doesn't work. Bad. >> We'll leave it here. >> Bad. >> Plaque. >> Plaque. >> You mean plaque cleared? >> Plaque. >> Oh. The black is what you're looking for. >> Lost it over Betty's. I'll go over there and smooth it out and I'll find it. >> We'll find it. >> You lost it when you fell out of your your thing. You had it with you earlier >> and now it's gone. I'll go find it. >> I'll go get your I'll go get it. >> No. >> Don't say that. No. >> Get Get in there. >> You been in a bad car accident or something before? >> Him? >> Yeah. >> Saul's chest. >> Oh, yeah. He had a trick for his tracheotomy >> for all this. They took a piece of that to a tendon to reconstruct his um the flap >> was a throat cancer as well. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Is he still smoking? >> Yeah. To pack cigarettes. >> Yeah. His dad died of throat cancer. He smoked right through the >> Butch is never quite able to convey his side of the story. And after being taken for medical attention, the only thing left for him will be jail. If >> there's anyone I never thought I would arrest, it's probably this guy. Yeah. I don't know, man. >> This was just weird the what he was talking to me earlier today about he's having dreams about getting arrested and now it goes to do this like almost like trying to fulfill the dream. >> For 71-year-old Butch aka Edwin Watts. The dream came true in the form of three felony charges. Burglary of a conveyance, criminal mischief causing more than $1,000 in damage, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Butch has pled not guilty to the charges and is currently awaiting trial while out on bond. If you'd like to see select new videos early and help us keep uncovering case files that rarely come to light, you'll find extra footage and unseen details on our Patreon. Channel memberships here on YouTube also include early access to select new videos.