An 80-year-old Villager was arrested after a nurse reportedly saw him slap a woman at Freedom Pointe assisted living facility in The Villages.
Robert John Marinaccio of the Village of Lynnhaven had been in the room of the woman Sunday afternoon at Freedom Pointe when a nurse overheard a verbal argument. When the nurse went into the room to investigate, she saw Marinacccio slap the woman, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Marinaccio left the facility before law enforcement arrived. When he was interviewed at his home on Utica Way, he told a deputy that he and the woman, who recently had hip surgery, had been arguing about him not getting her to the bathroom quick enough. He denied slapping the woman.
He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center and released after posting $500 bond.
