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Charges Dropped Against Man Accused In Dumbbell Attack
November 17, 2011
Charges have been dropped Century man accused of beating a man with a dumbbell weight in the parking lot of a local convenience store.
Sammy Maurice Myles, 25, of old Flomaton Road, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after the incident May 30 at the Century Kwick Stop at 8130 North Century Boulevard.
The charges were dropped as a result of the victim’s unwillingness to prosecute, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
The victim’s wife told Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies that the couple was in their car outside the store when the three men approached them. One allegedly hit her twice in the head, breaking her glasses. Myles allegedly began to beat the husband in the head with the dumbbell weight. The husband claimed that he began to fight back in self defense, at which time the other two men began to hit him.
Both victims were transported to a local hospital by ambulance for treatment of their injuries.
Myles, when questioned later by deputies at the Century Sheriff’s Office precinct, was observed to have a swollen eye and busted lip. He told deputies the husband and wife had jumped him earlier in the evening on Pond Street in Century. He said he had gone to the convenience store to get ice for his eye, at which time the husband and wife jumped him.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report does not specify how many pounds the dumbbell weight was.
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4 Responses to “Charges Dropped Against Man Accused In Dumbbell Attack”
Another case of victim/witness intimidation perhaps?
I wouldn’t of hesitated 2 press charges if that was me n that situation..maybe they we’re told by someone that knew the suspect 2 drop the charges?
Does it really matter how much the dumbell weighed. A good hammer only weighs about 16 oz. and can do plenty damage as I recall another recent northescambia story.
To The Victim: You are doing no favors by failing to prosecute
this criminal. No guts, no glory !