Court files detail rising tension at a home in The Villages where an 8-year-old child is living.
Charles W. Newman, 82, has been barred from his home in the Village of Country Club Hills following his Sept. 13 arrest after an alleged altercation with his 41-year-old daughter. He remains free on bond, but under the condition he have no contact with his daughter, who continues to live in his home with Newman’s grandson.
Lady Lake police were called at about 8 p.m. Sept. 13 to the home at 1813 W. Schwartz Blvd., where Newman’s daughter said her father put both of his hands just under her chin and squeezed tightly for 3 to 5 seconds and then spit in her face, according to an arrest report. Newman admitted he did it “out of frustration.” He was arrested on a charge of battery.
In a Sept. 25 letter to the court, Newman’s daughter wrote that she and her son had moved into the home in 2011 at the invitation of her father. She said her father volunteered to provide automobile transportation for “work and school purposes.”
She complained that since her father is no longer in the home, she no longer has access to automobile transportation.
“The loss of a vehicle has already had a negative effect on my ability to earn a living and maintain eligibility for my son’s school enrollment,” she wrote.
She is upset because her father is trying to evict her from his home.
You can read her entire letter at this link: Susan Newman Letter
Newman bought the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home in 2008 for $134,900.
Tensions have been on the rise for months between father and daughter.
The West Virginia native on June 22 petitioned the court for his daughter to undergo “involuntary assessment or stabilization for substance abuse.” However, that petition was quickly disposed of in court.
Newman on June 25 sought temporary custody of his grandson. On Aug. 30, court-appointed mediation was ordered in the case, after considerable back and forth between father and daughter.
Having a child under the age of 19 permanently living in a home in The Villages is a violation of an internal deed restriction overseen by the Developer. It is not a matter for Villages District government, law enforcement or even a school district.
This story first made headlines this past week after Newman called police, concerned about the welfare of his grandson. Newman’s daughter and her boyfriend, also a resident of The Villages, claimed that Newman has been harassing them by repeatedly calling law enforcement. Newman’s boyfriend was arrested last year on a charge of battery and was placed on probation, but won early termination of that probation. In 2016 during a drunk driving arrest in The Villages, the boyfriend hurled racial slurs at Sumter County sheriff’s deputies. He lost his driver’s license for six months. In 2014, he was arrested for possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. He was placed on probation for six months and later provided the court with proof that he had completed a substance abuse evaluation.
