An argument at a house on Florida’s Gulf Coast escalated into horrific violence, in accordance with the Levy County Sheriff’s Workplace.
An arrest affidavit says that on July 20, deputies responded to a “home disturbance” matter in Rosewood, about an hour west of Ocala, round 6 p.m.
Deputies say a witness informed them {that a} lady was preventing along with her boyfriend, Marshall Dimick, 55, and he “dunked her head right into a vat of a tar like substance.”
The lady was taken to the hospital for remedy of chemical burns to her face and arms.
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Deputies then went to the hospital and made contact with the sufferer, whose arms, palms, components of her ears, neck and nostril had been coated in “a black substance.” The criticism added that her room “smelled closely of petroleum primarily based merchandise, much like diesel.”
The lady, who gave the impression to be “in extreme ache and complained of her eyes burning,” stated that she and the suspect had been in a relationship for about six months. Only in the near past, she suspected him of dishonest after looking his cellphone, discovered he was assembly up with an area lady “for the aim of sexual activity.”
When she confronted him about it, the altercation started, with the 2 ending outdoors close to the vat of a tar used to deal with clam and oyster luggage, in accordance with a information launch.
Because the argument grew to become increasingly more bodily, Dimick “instantly misplaced management,” with him grabbing her and forcing her face and arms into the noxious, “extraordinarily sticky” combination for “a number of seconds,” in accordance with the arrest affidavit.
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Dimick, a convicted felon who’s prohibited from possessing a firearm, additionally “pointed a shotgun at her and choked her to close unconsciousness,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.
An investigation found that Dimick eliminated a number of firearms from the house earlier than deputies arrived. The weapons had been seized from a neighboring property.
The Rosewood man was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon, aggravated assault with a firearm and 4 counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
He’s being held on the Levy County Detention Middle on $550,000 bail.