MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 52-year-old man from Big Coppitt Key, Florida, was arrested early Sunday for allegedly attacking another man with a pipe wrench. The incident resulted in non-life-threatening injuries.
Glenn Joseph Hammons was charged with aggravated battery.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday. A 47-year-old male victim reported to deputies that he had been attacked by Hammons earlier at the Purple Porpoise Pub on Big Coppitt Key.
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According to the victim, he and Hammons were playing billiards at the pub when an argument broke out. Hammons reportedly left the location but returned with a pipe wrench and a Taser.
The victim stated that Hammons attacked him with both weapons and that he suffered a concussion.
Hammons was arrested and taken to jail.
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