Two Villagers were arrested after allegedly attacking a suspected flag stealer.
Joseph McKee, 83, of the Cottages at Summerchase, was driving a golf cart Wednesday evening when he began “abruptly and aggressively” chasing another man in another golf cart in the vicinity of the Village of Belle Aire, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. McKee suspected the man had been stealing American flags over the previous two weeks. The American flags had been placed along the multi-modal path.
When the suspected flag stealer, stopped at a stop sign, McKee raced up to confront him. McKee was accompanied by 70-year-old Alan Reger Renouard, also of the Cottages at Summerchase.
They took the keys out of the 67-year-old’s golf cart. They also took away his phone. He tried to get out of his golf cart and was immediately punched by McKee and Renouard, according to the report.
Both men were arrested on felony charges of battery. They were both booked at the Sumter County Detention Center and released after each posted $2,500 bond.