An Ocklawaha man was arrested after putting a sheriff’s office K-9 in a chokehold to avoid being arrested for attacking his parents.
Deputies were called to an undisclosed camper when 34-year-old Troy Thomas Clinton attacked his 67-year-old stepfather around 6:10 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. His mother, who was preparing to clean the stepfather’s feeding tube from his throat cancer, saw the commotion and fought to separate the two.
He pushed his stepfather and mother multiples times during the altercation, leaving them with cuts and bruises on their arms before leaving the area. Seeing this, law enforcement told the couple to call back if Clinton returned. Indeed, dispatch got another call from them around 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, advising he was back at the residence, the report said.
Upon arrival, deputies were told Clinton had left about five minutes before they got there. The deputies used a K-9 to track him behind 18925 SE 106th Pl., Ocklawaha. Clinton was non-compliant and aggressive toward deputies, so they deployed K-9 Kato to assist in his apprehension, the report said.
But he put K-9 Kato in a chokehold to avoid being bitten, and it took three deputies to get him off. From there, he continued to be verbally aggressive and non-compliant. He even refused to stand, forcing the deputies to get him up and walk him to the road, the report said…