Miami Lakes attorney attacked elderly person on board Norwegian Cruise Line ship: Records

A Miami Lakes attorney was arrested on Saturday after being accused of battering an elderly victim on board a cruise ship, records showed.

Phillip Ortiz, 38, was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 or older, Miami-Dade Jail records showed.

According to an arrest report, Ortiz and the victim were on board the Norwegian Cruise Line Encore when the victim told Ortiz he couldn’t enter a hallway because it wasn’t open to passengers at the time.

Ortiz then told the victim, ‘Who the [expletive] are you to tell me what I can and can’t do,’ and then pushed the victim, the report…

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