ORLANDO, Fla. _ A 70-year-old man was beaten after asking another man to social distance from him last week inside a Winter Park Citgo gas station.
Rovester Ingram, 24, of Winter Park, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 8 and faces two charges of kidnapping/inflicting bodily harm as well as aggravated battery, according to an Orange County arrest affidavit.
The violence started at around 7:30 p.m. when the victim asked Ingram to step away from him because Ingram wasn't wearing a mask, Orange County documents show.
The two began to argue.
After the victim paid for his items, he went outside and was followed by Ingram. Ingram began punching and kicking the victim, according to the affidavit. The victim then went back inside the Citgo, but Ingram punched him again, grabbed the victim by his hair and dragged him outside, where he continued to beat the elderly man. When he finished, Ingram left the scene with another man down South Orange Avenue.
Winter Park Police were called and were able to confirm the victim's story through eyewitness testimony as well as security footage.
The victim was transported to Advent Health for treatment.
Winter Park Police were able to locate Ingram from previous contact with him, and found Ingram on the front porch of his residence, where he was arrested.
