Florida Native Turns Violent as He Hits Someone With a Golf Club

In a shocking incident, police detained a Florida native for reportedly hitting a man with his golf club on a golf course. The incident happened on a golf course in Lake County on Sunday afternoon. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, they arrested 52-year-old Eddie Orobitg and put him in the Lake County jail on charges of aggravated battery.

Harbour Hills resident Eddie Orobitg, has a dentistry practice in Leesburg. In a testimonial on the dentist’s website, a patient extols the virtues of his ‘light touch.’ Orobitg boasts of reducing patients’ anxiety. He has been working in Leesburg since 1999.

A felony charge of aggravated violence has led to his arrest.

The reason behind the fight on the golf course

Eddie Orobitg was at Harbour Hills Country Club playing golf with his son when he saw a man and his wife walking on a cart path. Deputies say that Orobitg didn’t like the fact that the couple was walking through the course, and from there, things got worse.

The son of Orobitg claimed that his father had told the pair to move along. The son told that the man got into his father’s face, leading to an argument between the two. He claimed that the man was spat at by his father. After the other man spat back, physical contact was made. That’s when, according to the son, his dad accidentally hit the guy with the golf club.

An arrest complaint states that the victim said an altercation started and Orobitg spat in his face. Officials say that Orobitg then hit the victim in the leg with a golf club, which led to a horrendous brawl.

“Just heard somebody screaming, swearing at us, coming up really fast behind us,” the victim, Joseph Sivak said.

According to the statement, the victim said that Orobitg hit him again with the golf club, this time on the side of his head from behind. Authorities say the man told deputies he tried to protect himself by hitting Orobitg with his water bottle.

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“I nearly died, that’s the thing that scared me,” said Sivak.

The victim told the deputies that he suspected that some of his ribs had been shattered as a result of the attack that Orobitg had continued to deliver to him multiple times.

How is the Victim faring as of now?

The man was taken urgently to a local hospital after suffering multiple injuries. The local police were called to come to assist. 

The victim was unable to give a written statement. But before being transferred to the hospital, he did so verbally. According to deputies, the victim’s body and clothing were covered in what seemed to be blood. And, the man had many injuries on his body, including an ear lobe that was ripped.

According to the report, he suffered shattered ribs, cracked cheekbones, and needed to have his ear stitched together after the accident. Sivak, who is a physician, stated that he lost consciousness as well during the purported assault.

The victim is pressing charges and is in a stable state as of now.

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