Attack victim shares video of scamming trio at shopping plaza in The Villages

An attack victim has shared a video from an altercation that left him with a fractured arm last month at a shopping plaza in The Villages.

The man, who is in his late 60s and works as a medical professional in The Villages, was struck multiple times with a metal cane on the afternoon of Nov. 21 at Spanish Plaines Shopping Center, near UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital. His attackers, 52-year-old James Temple of Summerfield and 50-year-old Darrin Jermaine Jones of Ocala, were arrested as a result of the violent episode. They both remain behind bars at the Sumter County Detention Center.

The man who was attacked, in an interview this week with Villages-News.com, said he was shocked that such a violent incident erupted in broad daylight in the parking lot near Publix. The man, who is still wearing a velcro cast on his arm, is not being identified by Villages-News.com as he is the victim of a crime…

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