Man once declared insane arrested again after alleged Leesburg attack, police say

LEESBURG, Fla.—A man once cleared of an aggravated assault charge by reason of insanity is back behind bars after allegedly attacking a good Samaritan last week.

Preston Wade Greenlee, 54, was arrested Wednesday, after Leesburg Police Department responded to a report of a physical altercation between two men at Palm Plaza on 14th Street around 4:30 pm. One of the men was described as a white male wearing a red and white plaid shirt, armed with a pair of scissors, according to an arrest affidavit.

When LPD arrived, an officer found the victim, beaten and bloody, and a witness said the other man was walking toward a nearby Taco Bell. The officer entered Taco Bell and found Greenlee, who he recognized from prior encounters, at a booth. As the officer approached Greenlee, he put a pair of black-handled scissors on the table and complied with the officer’s commands to stand up and put his hands behind his head, the affidavit states…

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