on February 2nd 2023 at 6:07 p.m.
officers responded to a street in
Florida where a shirtless man had
attacked an elderly
victim hey
man Hey listen man you want to do this
right
now
stop what's going on man I just had an
argument with somebody all right well
tell me about it man okay well I had an
argument with him
I stepped away from him and I got got to
run take a deep breath why you putting
your CES out what I don't have anything
out
man my friend and I'm tired
of all right what's going on man I'm
going home where do you where do you
live
at you going to walk there to far far oh
taking the bus yes all right all right
so what did this guy physical anymore I
I'm sick man I don't want to I don't
want to get you sick I'm sick yeah I'm
not feeling too good nothing happened
man uh hang on that officer right there
that's my friend did you are you got did
you guys get in the arent he telling me
to get away from we're arguing that's
why that
happened okay okay no don't tell him to
go away cuz that's my brother no no no
she talking to this officer we have two
officers we're good we're good
everything's good what's the argument
about it's about stupid man you know
what I'm saying like what work yeah so
let me go home man cuz I'm I'm not I'm
not know this man I got to go work
I got you I got you give me like 2
minutes man did it get physical one two
3 4 it didn't get physical 1 2 3 all
right we had some people say it did so
that's why we're here I'm just
explaining what's your first name huh
what's your first name Taurus Taurus I'm
Gabby nice to meet you okay thank you
all right I'm literally I'm just here
because someone called us my business
hang you got to wor about me you don't
got to worry about me you're saying you
two got an argument we just got to make
sure your crime was why you got to do
all that what so you can look me up and
then look at my record then you're going
to be like oh yeah this guy trouble no
man I I don't no I don't judge people
you got thank you I like yours too I
don't judge people man all right I judge
people how they treat me when they're
talking to me so I appreciate you
stopping and talking to me but we just
got to figure out cuz it's my job man
like you have your job you know I just
got to an argument with somebody it was
him or no Co you got blood on you man
man yeah huh were you involved in this
or no
that that I was there I that fight was
instigated by the other by the other um
by the V by the the so-call victim um
yeah the the the victim was yelling
across the street and instigated
antagonized him okay pretty much so
people were yelling and then what
happened no not people the victim was
yelling okay and then what happened well
whenever they
they you know it came
to to you know settle out the argument
uh-huh and I I wasn't there I wasn't on
the scene but then I seen them running
around a car I thought they were joking
uh-huh and
then they
both what did the victim look like some
white dude a white dude do you remember
what clothes he was wearing or anything
older dude
okay um do you want to stay Anonymous or
do you want to give your information as
a
witness I mean only if my only if my my
my statement is going to mean anything
because yeah yeah it is important it is
important for us to know that so you saw
it was an older white male with long
hair yes sir yes ma'am I'm sorry was
that's okay was yelling at this
gentleman over here do you know him yes
yeah I know him I grew up you guys grew
up together you're not related to each
other just friends you have a lot to
drink tonight I just want to go home man
I yeah man no I don't have no trespass
no bus pass not TR bus pass yes I got a
bus pass all right all right do you mind
if what's your last name Taurus yeah you
can search me n dude listen man you want
to search me I can't I like that your
last name's tattooed on you
what's your first name man Taurus that's
your first name yeah what's your last
name that's what I'm saying what's your
last name Taurus no no no that's not
your last name too yes it is it is
that's why I'm tell you no man I'm not I
can't search I'm a female okay I can't
I'm I just don't want you to fall hang
onang we're good I know you're
intoxicated I just don't want you to
fall in traffic no no no no we're good
man I'm just trying to get home go home
he know it too that's why he's my
brother
we look we've been growing up since we
were little okay do we have anything huh
do we have anything oh two
females um yeah that's my brother he did
see him get into a fight with somebody
but it's
saying
mut potentially I don't
know I was trying to go back to my place
Manus taus taus hang on listen to me one
second you're being cool man you're cool
man hey Taurus taus no no no no no no
don't walk in the road don't walk in the
road no come stand on the sidewalk over
here honey we can't be standing in the
road you're intoxicated come over here
there come on over
here can you sit down for me man Taurus
there's a one right there if you want to
go see if we have a victim anywhere yeah
I was going to say once one of
them
he that bro I was he antagonized you he
instigated hang on hang on what do you
want to hear from me so okay relax for
one second okay some someone said that
you got in a physical with someone okay
a physical listen Taurus that's okay
I'll listen to your story just hear me
out for a second all right I'm not going
to jail tonight man no no no Taurus hear
me out hear me out I'm trying to get on
the bus and go back to work tomorrow
morning we're going to go talk to the
other person if this was whatever no
dude if you walk away I'm going to have
to put you in handcuff don't walk away
cuz I'm going put handcuff I'm not on
that man listen I don't want to put your
handcuffs can you sit down for me dog
Taurus Taurus listen at me Taurus look
at me he Sneed on me dog no bro no he
didn't he didn't sitch on anyone you
have blood on your fingers man aniz you
he antagonized me you sit down me do bro
that's what I man dog hey if that calm
down or put your handcuff I'm saying dog
sit down me you want bro just say it
right sit down for me if that man would
have never if that man would never
that's what you want yeah no no you're
good just chill man you've been
cooperate with me just chill I'm trying
to tell you I what she's going to go
talk to the other party
okay me man you trying to attack me man
I didn't hear you guys call that you
were here I say where the phone went
okay let me just update this off real
fast so he says he's in the other side
of the library here guy's in the park
it's probably the same dude Ian we
haven't never show up yet we describ
like uh the guy's yelling at vicinity he
tells him to knock it off the guy runs
over he start our victim here tries to
run away the guy grabed him from behind
uh kicks him in the face and punched him
in the face as well like multiple times
he couldn't tell me how many this guy's
76 years old oh he said during the
process uh his phone like he lost his
phone and and either 107 or another
person with that guy took it someone
could uh he was only like hit and
punched by one person so like if I know
there's like two people over there like
he says it's only one guy that actually
like hit him punch him but he doesn't
know where the phone is maybe that other
person could the phone okay uh all right
so you have all of his information and
this this is his he does want to press
he does want to file charges okay so we
have yeah and you said he's
76 okay all right if you can stay with
him let me go back over there and check
in with them on that he wants to file
charges he is willing to do a show up if
we drive okay just if you can confirm
that let me go over and get with them
real quick texting me he wasting me if
he would have never If he if he would
have just walked by cuz he was on a
complete opposite side of road he was
man he's telling the truth that's my
brother man okay I got you he attacked
me man Taurus calm down but I'm saying
though you're like you're acting like
like I'm a criminal I did not that I
know you're going to say that because
you look at my criminal record you going
oh yeah this guy yeah we're going to
take him in Hey listen to me man oh yeah
got if you go why the would you
tell her that though though she's going
to look at me like I'm a criminal now BR
if I would have told her anything now
she going to look at me like heack me I
know that Hey listen listen it's a
battery bro of course it's a battery
$100 to get out no it's a battery that
he attacked me listen Taurus we'll
figure it out all right because I'm
going in jail no you're not you're on
the handcuffs right now I know but still
be cooperative and you're fine man I'm
fine say but still do you have ID on you
shouldn't have be saying that you should
have just say that he attack I don't
even know what he said I wasn't even
listening to him I'm listening to you
right now taures do you got ID on you
thank you
man I don't know why you stepping back
you don't got to worry about me P I
literally just put my foot
down
look thank you man I appreciate it when
you look at my wreck you going to be
like yeah this guy's criminal we're
going to take not looking at anything
yeah you going to look at my wreck calm
down good now just chill you know what I
mean I ain't doing nothing man I'm
trying tell you I didn't even talk to
you yet the other officer did I'm not
her all right so I don't even know
what's going on she's going to come back
and let me know cuz I don't know all
right we're just going to sit tight for
here this the dumbest ever like
probably is
man of course he's going to say whatever
he's going to say so if he says I ha him
first then what are you going to do take
me to to jail Taurus I'm just saying
true or not no we're gonna listen to
both sides of the story okay Miguel stop
is she say I'm just saying though if he
says that you're going to take me to
jail listen Taurus true or not no not
true okay thank you all right that's all
I want to hear we we need evidence first
of all because he don't want to attack
me okay and of course after you look at
my record this guy did it do you see me
on the computer I'm not on the computer
right now I don't know you thank you so
much you're welcome
what what was the argument
about we want to know yeah just calm
down though speak to me like a person
come
on what was the argument I'm trying to
pay that cop with me do the AR what was
the argument
about I'm going tell you straight up
yeah I like smoking Tui okay you know
what I'm
saying it was about it was about it was
about Tui is that synthetic synthetic
yeah okay is that what you're on right
now okay no I'm not on that okay because
he didn't ever give it to me oh okay so
he took my money a deal gone wrong yes
okay okay but listen yeah I got
you he did me
wrong he took off on me no go and I took
off on him okay of course he's going to
tell you something different no no no
hang on hang on and once you look at my
record you're going to be like oh no Cho
is wrong we're going to take his ass to
jail okay so you guys met up for an
exchange you gave him money and then he
tried to run off
what you want to you want me to explod
all all the ones I got toi take a de how
Expos them no no Miguel I will expose
handcuff if come you want me to expose
him you want to expose him I will expose
him sit down sit down I'm telling you
what's going on sit down or you going to
go in handcuffs man come on I don't want
to go in handcuffs but I'm telling you
what happened sit down and I'm not
trying to go to jail tonight because I
got to go to work tomorrow sit
down calling 36
I'm saying he's going to tell you
something different
okay and I'm going to go to jail anyways
so what doesn't matter if I don't get
all what I get all anyway Miguel we're
not there yet all right okay thank you
so much but I'm saying though like
listen I'm trying to tell you all right
that that's what it was about okay all
right okay so where did you guys run off
to did you run off to um the park we
went this way I tried to get on the bus
and go back home oh okay cuz I was tired
of that so you did not you didn't follow
him you kind of just man they follow him
man all right and no physical contact
between you him no no no none of that
none of that none of that
all my brother right here he told me hey
stop get the out of let's go he smokes
tooi straight up and he's got toi to
sell right now straight up you want to
hear about the whole thing
heing he's singi he's selling toi yes
he's a dope dealer we talk to about yeah
okay don't let him lie to you all right
he's a dop dealer talk to me com okay he
tried to S me to try to Rob relax deep
breath all right yeah he's a toi dealer
yeah that's what happened
okay all right so if I'm going to jail
he better go to jail too Miguel Miguel
the other officer speaking with the
other party right now of course going to
tell him whatever he wants to tell him
Miguel come
on you going to put me on the boss gotum
me listen people everywh if you're if
you're saying is true you're fine then
that's what I'm trying to tell you
you're not going to jail if what you're
saying is true thank you so much all
right I'm sick man I don't want to do
that I don't want to do that but you got
gloves on I know I know but still you
never know you never know all this
little mother that seeting on the
library they all smoke toi and they
still tushi straight up and they all
hear right I'm going to give it to you
bro raw okay they sell toi all right and
I'll go over there right now give me
some and I'll go over there right
now yeah I buy it worried about do you
want to go that Grammy
Grammy gry about
fight no
fight yeah he's saying no physical um
obviously the friend already said
physical but his hands bloody um but
he's saying no do the other guy he has
injuries he has injuries can you tell me
what
happened the guy is started talking to
me right okay what was he saying he was
saying you really want to know yeah I
would like to
know am I going to jail right now no
okay he said something about
toi and I told him I ain't going to lie
to you okay I SM toi sure okay hey Mario
could you do me a really big favor and
stand right step away from there cuz I
want you to be able to just talk to me
and not worry about him being here so
you can tell me everything fair enough
okay so he was yelling at you about
Tucci d man okay and then what happened
that was the whole issue that was the
whole issue okay and he got into my face
okay he pushed me uh-huh and I told him
bro don't be pushing me bro
yeah of course he's going to tell you
something else okay you know that right
now see look that's why you're pting
your cffs out you're like this I already
know the deal
okay so you take me to jail might as
well take me to jail now hone where were
you standing before you take me to jail
take me to jail where were you standing
before the fight happened was I standing
yeah right there in front of the library
in front of the library yeah you want to
me to were you on were you in front of
the library or were you at the park do
you remember in front of the library in
front of the library yes
okay
um so you were so you guys were in some
I was not trying to the man okay I was
trying to get away for him go home and
mind my own business okay because I
don't
need okay tell you the truth you think I
needi I don't needi I go this bus and I
go ride back home okay simple as that
did you get his ID in everything already
you oh you do have that okay cool I
already okay thank you okay so you guys
were an here he was running his mouth at
you is that correct I just told you the
story why you keep me repeating the
story I just want to make sure I
understand everything okay can you
describe to me what he did no no no no
sit down don't stand up just describe it
you ver verbally describe it to me he
went like this to
me okay with his hands he pushed you how
many times that's assault how many times
that's assault true or not how many
times is that assault yes or no how many
times is that a saw Yes or No Yes how
many times did he push you one time one
time yeah okay what told him don't do
that again okay what happened after he
pushed you I know he's going to tell you
something different of course cuz I know
I know the whole deal you think I'm
stupid I'm not dumb okay I'm not dumb
I'm not dumb what happened after he
pushed
you I left I told blue man let's get up
out of here man cuz I'm
this okay so he pushed you so I went to
over here that's when y'all pull up over
here okay so he push I want to get away
from the drama I'm not here for this man
okay I'm not here for this I believe you
42 is in route already that did you hear
42 is in route already he's in the crash
he's going to the crash oh
okay so hey brue don't tell her anything
dog huh don't tell any anything said to
wait in case it's a
RTR um okay so after he pushed you you
walked away with
Mario yeah Mario F me okay Mario let's
get out of here dog cuz I'm not trying
to be on the I'm not trying to be on
this I got a good job to myself and I
got to work tomorrow okay he was ready
labor please after you left did anything
else happen nothing happened after that
nothing happened okay do you want do you
want to file charges against him for
pushing
you if he's F charges against me I'm
going file charges against him okay do
you feel injured from what he did if
he's being injured by himself I feel
injured
too okay well let me look at your chest
and see if you have any fingerprints or
handprints on there I don't see anything
does your chest hurt it doesn't matter
it doesn't matter I know does your chest
hurt yes it does it does
okay do you need a paramedic to come and
look at you yes ma'am a paramedic since
he wants to go to that level okay Mario
put your hands behind your back you
don't have to stand up or
anything why I got to do this
though you want to
hey hey stop relax your arms relax your
arms and keep them behind your back I
ain't even doing nothing with my
arms my
wallet what am I going to jail
for what going to jail for am I going to
jail to jail for no I'm not getting up
I'm not getting up did you tell me why
I'm going to jail for
tell me why I'm no I'm not talking to Y
I'm talking
to he okay the investigating officer
you're going to listen to her okay
you're going to jail for you you're sh H
tell me why I'm going to
jailen to the officer what I'm going to
ja battery battery what jail for battery
stop pulling your arms
away and why I got to why I got to do to
B that out
if he's not going to
allow how much can I get to that one
over
Le jail the sheriff's office is the one
that sets
the are you H yeah it's going with you
man no let grab the one hey Miguel are
you HT I got they said you were saying
you were hurt oh you have
one yes D me to the
hospital J me to the hospital they just
h hurt me they just hurt me do you hurt
give my brother my wallet man what y
looking at my wallet foret is going to
go with you do you want me to help him
up with one guys or okay Miguel we're
going to stand up okay you can either
help us or
not what's up all
right I'm on there rest what's up what's
up what's
up you guys do
pull this
me this
Chu boy
Cal I don't give a what's up what you
hit
me9 you
I don't give a you talking
about you
a were you able to
do no you been doing it wrong now no you
ask me questions we are a consequence
for your actions you asking me all the
questions though this is what the
consequences that's down the door way
for weapons yes can't get weapons
boy I'll get everything in a bag a got
we boy let me talk to the sergeant let
me to the sergeant back of this
car you are you Miguel Miguel Miguel
that st
stop you
a Mone bro Miguel come on man you AIG
come on you a Miguel
you why
you why you rest get in the car rest
okay okay come on Miguel get in the car
now I like it I like it yeah thank you
it's like $8 thank you thank you so much
I like that come on man that's all you
got that's all you got that's all you
got don't kick her don't kick her that's
right ah yeah I like it I like it I like
it thank you you being rough right
B oh no I'm being rough right man we're
going to turn him over oh you going to
turn them
over
some you speak Spanish you speak
Spanish
B you
buo
do
do straight up dog you put your man your
back like soldier boy I got couses Are
Soldiers
boy you even have you even Cho
come on over we were cool from the start
no over from the start hard time right
now
you Mel don't try
me straight up we can get you want to do
hey chill
out we ain't going to do nothing but
respect want to treat you
like you I'm going all right yo what's
up Mark ass Busters that's some Mark ass
care I don't want you to
fall step out of the
car care grab me like
that no Miguel we need to we're walking
inside okay we're walking do this my go
you you
have you you the dog go up up no come
on
really stop yeah I give a what's up
what's up Miguel walk with us walk with
us what's
up thr me in
there he was charged with battery on a
person age 65 or older disorderly
intoxication resisting without violence
and battery on a law enforcement officer
for spitting on a sergeant on