A Villager who once drummed for Gloria Estefan and David Lee Roth is serving time behind bars at the Sumter County Detention Center.
Olbin Juan Burgos, 58, was sentenced last month to 180 days in jail following his arrest May 13 after an alleged attack on his longtime girlfriend at their home at 911 Astor Lane in the Village of Sabal Chase.
He was sentenced after pleading no contest last month to a charge of battery in Sumter County Court.
As recently as 2015, Burgos had been performing in the Broadway hit musical, “On Your Feet,” which tells the story of Estefan, her husband Emilio and their band, Miami Sound Machine. Burgos started playing with the Estefans on the world tour “Evolution” in 1996 and 1997.
But since those heady days, Burgos has been thrice booked at the Sumter County Detention Center.
He spent two weeks behind bars earlier this year after violating his probation that was a result of a 2018 Christmas Day arrest. In that incident, Sumter County sheriff’s deputies responded to the Sabal Chase home at 11:25 a.m. where Burgos had his girlfriend on the ground and was striking her. The girlfriend was “uncooperative” with deputies and would not provide information about Burgos, who fled the scene. She had dirt on the back of her shirt from being wrestled onto the ground and what appeared to be bruising along the jawline, the arrest report said.
The woman told police she and Burgos had been in a relationship for a dozen years. The woman’s mother, who owns the 911 Astor Way home, told police she had not seen anything. The mother had been arrested in 2018 in a battle over the volume of a television. The charge against her was later dropped.
Burgos was placed on one year of probation after the 2018 attack. He was ordered to stay away from his girlfriend, complete a batterer’s intervention program, and serve four consecutive weekends in the Sumter work detail. The judge also told Burgos not to consume alcohol.
This past February, a probation officer reported that Burgos failed to provide proof he had completed the batterer’s intervention program.
In 1995, Burgos participated in the Heart, Soul and Voice tour with Jon Secada, and later recorded with David Lee Roth.