Man accused of driving through crowd at Palatka block party booked into Clay County jail

A man shot by Palatka police officers Saturday after they said he drove through a crowd during a block party has been released from the hospital and is now in Clay County jail.

Lazayus Bartley, 36, of Palatka, is being held on $300,000 and is facing two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated fleeing and eluding with injury, according to jail records.

Bartley is accused of driving a vehicle through a crowd at 20th and Eagle streets during a City of Palatka-approved block party…

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