CAMBY, Ind. — A 54-year-old man was sent to the hospital after angrily confronting a group of golfers who “cut in front” of him and his group at a golf course on Friday afternoon.
According to multiple witness accounts, the man was badly beaten after refusing to apologize for calling a woman a derogatory term.
The 54-year-old man was punched multiple times before being slammed into the ground by the husband of the woman whom he’d bad mouthed. Police were told by medical staff at the hospital that he suffered seven broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken piece of vertebrae in his back as a result of the assault.
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Jerry Whitaker, 34, of Brownsburg was arrested and charged in connection with the assault. He’s charged with aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony; battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Level 5 felony and disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
