The 21-year-old son of a Sanford police officer is accused of attacking a homeless man in front of a Sanford bar. A warrant for the arrest of Justin Collison has been issued alleging a charge of aggravated battery, a 3rd degree felony. As a result of the attack, it is reported that the victim, Sherman Ware, suffered a broken nose. Collison is the son of Lt. Chris Collison who is assigned to the Sanford police department’s patrol division.
The attack was recorded on video by a person outside the Wet Spot bar on Park Avenue in downtown Sanford. Collison was questioned at the scene but not arrested. Acting Sanford police chief Capt. Jerry Hargrett said Wednesday that officers made “blatant” policy violations that night, including not handcuffing Collison or patting him down. Hargrett said he wasn’t sure why the officers didn’t arrest Collison, but said there was no evidence Collison was given preferential treatment. The police department launched an internal investigation into four officers, including a sergeant, who were associated with the case.
The video shows Ware trying to break up a fight on the sidewalk when Collison walks up behind him and punches Ware in the back of the head. Ware pitched forward, hit his head on a nearby light pole and fell to the ground. He was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital with a broken nose. A few days after the fight, police asked the State Attorney’s Office in Sanford to review the case and decide whether to file an aggravated battery charge against Collison.
A judge sentenced Chris Brown to five years probation and six months community labor for the beating of Rihanna an issued a stern admonition to the singer.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg told brown he could be sent to state prison if he violated any term of his sentence, including an order to stay away from the pop star for the next five years.
Brown will serve his sentence in his home state of Virginia. The judge says she wanted to ensure that Brown, 20, performs physical labor instead of community service, such as mentoring young people. A felony charge of making criminal threats was dropped. Rihanna did not attend the sentencing.
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A Casselberry police officer was suspended after his arrest on a charge of battering his wife according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The wife of the 37 year old officer ran to a neighbor’s house with her 4 year old son and said her husband had slammed her head on a kitchen counter. The couple had been apparently arguing over an affair the husband was involved in when the wife called his girlfriend a name. The officer became enraged and carried her from their bedroom to the kitchen where he slammed her head onto a granite counter top. The wife had a lump on her head and a bruise on her biceps according to a deputy. Casselberry police confiscated his police car, gear and gun and his AR-15 rifle.
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