A Villager was arrested after allegedly delivering a karate chop to a woman’s neck.
Terry John Ericson, 76, had been released from the hospital on Monday and had arrived at his home on Shell Point Avenue in the Village of Mallory Square when the altercation occurred, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman was helping Ericson, who had undergone surgery and had a brace on his leg, from the vehicle. He complained, “You’re not doing it right.” He struck her and she called law enforcement.
He admitted to deputies that while the woman was bent down he hit her twice on the neck with a “karate chop,” the report said. Ericson demonstrated the action for deputies.
The Chicago native was arrested on a charge of battery and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center, where he was initially being held without bond.
