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…