A Villager this week sought an order of protection against a woman who allegedly attacked him at City Fire after she suspected him of spreading rumors about her.
Judge Mary Hatcher has allowed a temporary injunction for protection against repeat violence against 44-year-old Pamela Lyness, who lives in the Crestview Villas in the Village of Buttonwood. Hatcher will decide whether that temporary injunction will be made permanent during a hearing set for Feb. 10 in Sumter County Court.
Lyness, who appeared to be intoxicated, on the night of Jan. 17 entered City Fire at Lake Sumter Landing and shoved the man, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. A female bartender intervened and escorted Lyness away from City Fire. The bartender said Lyness had been “cussing” at the man, the report indicated.
Lyness told a deputy the man had been “spreading rumors” about her to another male with whom she was in a relationship. She said she spotted the man at an outside table at City Fire and invited him to “fight” her, the report said. The Biloxi, Miss. native denied she had been involved in an altercation with the man.
She remains free on $1,000 bond.