A woman known in The Villages for an epic battle with her father over custody of her son is back behind bars.
Susan Elizabeth Newman, 43, was arrested by Marion County sheriff’s deputies on an outstanding warrant Wednesday at the Circle K at 14870 S U.S. Hwy. 441 in Summerfield. She has made headlines multiple times over the past several years and is also is known for a battle with her elderly father over his Village of Country Club Hills home.
Charles W. Newman was barred from his residence in September 2018 after Susan Newman, who has a history of drug arrests, claimed he put both of his hands under her chin and squeezed tightly for 3 to 5 seconds, then spit in her face. Charles Newman admitted he did it “out of frustration” and was arrested on a charge of battery.
In October 2018, when Susan Newman was still living in her father’s home from which he had been banned because of his earlier arrest, her boyfriend, Derek John Hoffman, was jailed on a felony charge of battery after she called 911 for help. In January, she sent a handwritten note to a judge asking for leniency and the prosecutor’s office announced that no information would be filed in Hoffman’s case due to “victim/witness issues.”
Prior to being allowed to return to his home after his daughter vacated it in November 2018, Charles Newman, who was ordered to take an anger management class, had expressed concerns about his grandson living with his daughter and had called law enforcement to check on him multiple times. Those calls came after a concerned neighbor claimed Susan Newman had been attempting to recover the child from a “drug dealer” – something she denied while telling a Lady Lake police officer that she and the man were in a “dating” relationship and he had been watching the boy for her.
In March 2019, Susan Newman was arrested at a home in Wildwood and charged with battery. A man at the residence initially told Sumter County deputies that nothing had happened but then said Newman took his phone while they were standing in the driveway. He claimed that as he attempted to get it back, Newman began to slap him in the face and arms before fleeing the area on foot.
In August 2019, police were again called to Charles Newman’s home. When they arrived, he asked that his daughter be administered a drug test because she was giving him “hell.” Susan Newman had reported to her father that a 2014 Bashan scooter he had purchased for her had crashed. He told police he had purchased the scooter for her so she could go out and look for work. Susan Newman told police her boyfriend had crashed the scooter in the parking lot of Lowe’s on U.S. Hwy. 27/441 in Lady Lake.
Last month, Charles Newman accidentally started a fire at his home when he was heating oil to cook hash browns. He went to Lowe’s and left behind his 10-year-old grandson who was playing video games. The boy discovered the kitchen fire ignited because the frying pan was left on the stove.
A Lady Lake police officer arrived and put out the fire. The Villages Public Safety Department also responded to the scene and ensured the fire had been properly extinguished.
Susan Newman, who used her father’s address at 1813 W. Schwartz Blvd. when she was arrested, was charged with failure to appear in court regarding a past petit theft charge. She was being held on $1,000 bond and is due in Marion County Court on June 18 at 9 a.m. to answer to the charge.