FORT WALTON BEACH - He says he merely tried to hug her and she fell to the ground, screaming. She says he hit her and she fell to the ground, screaming.
She had a fat lip to prove her case.
On Jan. 27 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was summoned to a Mike Circle residence to investigate a possible battery case.
The alleged attacker said he came to the residence to talk to the woman. He moved toward her to give her a hug and she threw herself to the ground and started screaming for help.
The woman agreed the man came to the residence to talk to her. She said during the conversation, she told him goodbye and turned around to go inside. She felt him hit her and she fell to the ground and screamed for a friend to help her.
The friend told lawmen she and her husband were inside and heard a loud bang, and then the woman screaming for help. They went outside and saw the woman lying on the ground with the man standing over her. They yelled at him to leave and the woman ran into the house.
They said the man asked them repeatedly not to call lawmen. The woman had a swollen lip.
The man was charged with battery and will report to court on Feb. 19.