Miami Beach man beat neighbor, 75, with bike tire over ‘placement of garbage,’ cops say

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A justice ordered a Miami Beach antheral to beryllium held without enslaved Wednesday, 1 time aft helium was arrested aft being accused of beating his 75-year-old neighbour successful an evident trash dispute.

George Horton, 47, bushed the elder with “an electrical bicycle tyre and rim” extracurricular of a Normandy Isle flat building, according to an apprehension report.

Authorities said the onslaught happened conscionable earlier noon connected Monday astir the 1200 artifact of Normandy Drive.

Horton and the neighbour were successful a verbal quality “regarding the placement of garbage” erstwhile Horton walked up to the elder and pushed him successful the face.

Police said aft the antheral pulled retired a screwdriver helium was utilizing to instal video cameras successful an “attempt to support himself,” Horton wielded the e-bike tyre and rim and deed the unfortunate successful the “face, caput and body.”

“As a effect of the battery, the unfortunate fell to the ground, astatine which constituent (Horton) kicked him successful the face,” the apprehension study states. “The unfortunate sustained disposable lacerations to his head, hands and respective abrasions passim his body. Miami Beach Fire Rescue responded and treated the unfortunate connected scene.”

Police said surveillance footage “clearly depicts the carnal altercation arsenic described” and “corroborates the victim’s account.”

The study states that officers couldn’t find Horton until Tuesday morning, erstwhile helium “walked up to the victim’s beforehand door, knocking and yelling incoherent statements” arsenic officers surveilled the area.

Police said erstwhile they went to speech to Horton, helium had a “strong (odor) of intoxicant emitting from his breath.”

Officers arrested Horton connected a complaint of aggravated artillery connected a idiosyncratic 65 oregon older, a first-degree felony.

As of Wednesday, helium was being held successful the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center arsenic helium awaits a pre-trial detention hearing.