A resident of the Village of Citrus Grove has been ordered into anger management after a parking lot dispute at a local Walmart.
Michael James Hawn, 51, has been allowed to enter into a pre-trial intervention contract that could enable him to escape prosecution on a felony charge of battery on a person 65 years of age or older. If he completes 12 hours of anger management and adheres to other terms of the contract, the charge will be dismissed, according to documents on file in Lake County Court.
The New Jersey native was wearing a “Don’t Poke the Bear” T-shirt when he was arrested Dec. 28 after an apparent parking lot dispute at the Walmart in Fruitland Park.
Witnesses told law enforcement that Hawn was turning into an aisle in the parking lot when the other driver went around him, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland Park Police Department. Hawn got out of his vehicle, then began yelling at the other man and calling him names. The other man drove away, but Hawn got back into his vehicle and began following the other man. When he stopped, Hawn used his car to block him in…