A Georgia man has been sentenced in the wake of a 2024 road rage attack in The Villages.
Byron Scott West, 64, of Vienna, Ga., pleaded no contest earlier this month in Sumter County Court to charges of throwing a deadly missile and criminal mischief. He has been placed on probation for 18 months and has been ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.
West was at the wheel of a Dodge Ram 3500 pickup on Sept. 20, 2024 towing a trailer at the intersection of State Road 44 and Morse Boulevard when he pulled up alongside another vehicle and rolled down his window, according to an arrest affidavit from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The other driver rolled down his passenger window. The two drivers began “exchanging words,” prompting West to throw an unknown object which contained liquid at the other vehicle, damaging the front passenger window. Damage was later estimated at $250.
West drove away, but not before the other driver was able to snap a photo of his truck. West’s truck had the lettering “Scott’s Wholesale” and displayed a U.S. Department of Transportation number. That number helped a detective find the truck’s license plate number and eventually a copy of West’s driver’s license. The detective used West’s driver’s license picture in a photographic lineup and the victim was able to identify him…