A Leesburg man was arrested Sunday after throwing beer bottles at his wife’s car.
Mascotte officers responded to a 911 call for help in reference to an assault and battery at around 5:09 a.m., according to an arrest report from the Mascotte Police Department.
Eliuc Vidal Silvan, 36, and his wife were having an argument earlier that night. Silvan’s wife did not want him to drive because he had too much to drink, and she hid the keys to the vehicle. Silvan took the keys and drove to a home on Alpine Street, the report said.
His wife drove after him and tried to take back the keys, but Silvan began throwing beer bottles toward the driver’s side of her vehicles. Glass and contents from the bottles covered Silvan’s wife as she tried to drive away.
“He is very scary when he gets like that,” she told police.
Officers arrived at the home on Alpine Street and asked its residents if Silva was there, to which they stated he was not. One of the officers heard rustling in the back of the room and saw Silva trying to conceal himself behind a chair. The officers then told Silva to come outside, the report said.
The Mexican native was arrested and charged with aggravated assault/domestic violence and resisting an officer without violence. He was transported to the Lake County Jail and released after posting $4,000 bond.
