AT APPROXIMATELY 1935 HOURS ON 5/7/2010, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 7291 NE 110 AVENUE IN BRONSON, REFERENCE TO A VIOLENT DISTURBANCE.UPON ARRIVAL, THEY OBSERVED A SKINNY, YOUNGER WHITE MALE JUVENILE OUTSIDE THE FRONT FENCE. THE JUVENILE HAD DIRT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLEEDING LOWER LIP. JUVENILE ADVISED THAT JAMES POWELL (DEFENDANT) WAS INTOXICATED AND TALKING ON THE HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE, TELLING THE CALLER THAT HE HAD JUST BEAT THE JUVENILE REFERRING TO A PAST FIGHT. THE JUVENILE TOLD POWELL "I WAS PROTECTING MY FAMILY" AND WAS THEN TOLD TO SHUT UP BY THE DEFENDANT. POWELL THEN GOT OUT OF HIS CHAIR, PINNED HIM AGAINST THE REFRIGERATOR AND PUNCHED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE RIBS AND HEAD. THE JUVENILE STATED THAT HE TRIED TO DEFEND HIMSELF, BY PUSHING POWELL OFF OF HIM AND STATED POWELL CAME AT HIM ANGRIER. POWELL THEN THREW HIM TO THE GROUND AND PUNCHED HIM MORE. THE JUVENILE THEN RAN OUTSIDE AND DEFENDED HIMSELF AGAINST POWELL WITH A PIECE OF REBAR. IT WAS THEN THAT POWELL STOPPED CHASING THE JUVENILE AND WENT BACK INSIDE. POWELL WAS ARRESTED AND HAD TO MEDICALLY CLEARED AT NATURE COAST HOSPITAL PRIOR TO BOOKING INTO LEVY COUNTY JAIL FOR AN APPARENT SEIZURE.
DEFENDANT
JAMES L POWELL II
W/M DOB 8/7/76
7291 NE 110 AVE
BRONSON, FL 32621