A 29-year-old resident of The Villages is free on $500 bond following his arrest Thursday morning at a service station on the Historic Side of The Villages.
Francis L. Lavin who resides at 416 Tarrson Blvd. reportedly was sitting at a picnic table and drinking beer at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Shell station at 3 LaGrande Blvd., according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
A clerk told law enforcement that Lavin had entered the Kangaroo station across the street, purchased a Natural Ice beer and placed it in a styrofoam cup and began to drink from it. The clerk said she knew Lavin from the past and believed he had violent tendencies, therefore did not want to approach him.
When police arrived on scene, Lavin began yelling and screaming obscenities, the report indicated.
He was booked at the Lake County Jail on a charge of disorderly intoxication.
Lavin was arrested in 2014 on a charge of driving while license suspended and in 2012 on an out-of-county warrant.
