MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A judge ordered a Miami Beach man to be held without bond Wednesday, one day after he was arrested after being accused of beating his 75-year-old neighbor in an apparent trash dispute.
George Horton, 47, beat the senior with “an electric bicycle tire and rim” outside of a Normandy Isle apartment building, according to an arrest report.
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Authorities said the attack happened just before noon on Monday around the 1200 block of Normandy Drive.
Horton and the neighbor were in a verbal dispute “regarding the placement of garbage” when Horton walked up to the senior and pushed him in the face.
Police said after the man pulled out a screwdriver he was using to install video cameras in an “attempt to defend himself,” Horton wielded the e-bike tire and rim and hit the victim in the “face, head and body.”
“As a result of the battery, the victim fell to the ground, at which point (Horton) kicked him in the face,” the arrest report states. “The victim sustained visible lacerations to his head, hands and several abrasions throughout his body. Miami Beach Fire Rescue responded and treated the victim on scene.”
Police said surveillance footage “clearly depicts the physical altercation as described” and “corroborates the victim’s account.”
The report states that officers couldn’t locate Horton until Tuesday morning, when he “walked up to the victim’s front door, knocking and yelling incoherent statements” as officers surveilled the area.
Police said when they went to talk to Horton, he had a “strong (odor) of alcohol emitting from his breath.”
Officers arrested Horton on a charge of aggravated battery on a person 65 or older, a first-degree felony.
As of Wednesday, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as he awaits a pre-trial detention hearing.