A Continental Country Club man was arrested after a violent attack over food.
Sidney Sussman, 72, was taken into custody Wednesday night on a charge of felony battery.
The Pennsylvania native had been arguing with another man “over food inside the residence,” according to an arrest report from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Sussman punched the other man in the left side of his face, leaving behind “a red mark and blood,” the report said.
Sussman had previously been arrested in 2020. He had been traveling with a woman in a vehicle on State Road 44 near Morse Boulevard when Sussman began “punching her like a man” in the face. She said he grabbed her by the arm and dumped coffee on her. She pulled over to the side of the road and Sussman got out and ran away. The woman suffered a right knot on the side of her forehead as well as a bruise on the underside of her right arm. He was ordered to complete a batterer’s intervention program as the result of that arrest.
After Wednesday’s arrest, he was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center. Bond was set at $5,000.