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Sumter detectives identify man after fight over parking space in The Villages

Man was sought as battery suspect, deputies say

Photos of an unidentified battery suspect and an Elvis Presley vanity plate on a golf cart he drove Wednesday, courtesy of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office on Facebook. (Sumter County Sheriff's Office)

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Sumter County detectives on Friday asked the public for help as they worked to identify a man they said was a suspect in an alleged battery in The Villages, according to the sheriff’s office’s social media.

Deputies responded Wednesday around 8:36 p.m. to a reported physical disturbance over a parking spot at City Fire, a restaurant in Lake Sumter Landing, describing the suspect as an “older white male.” He faces a charge of battery on a person 65 or older.

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The man was driving an orange golf cart that deputies said resembled a Smart Car. The vehicle’s front license plate displayed the words “THE KING” surrounding a depiction of Elvis Presley, and its rear plate read “ROCK N’ RL,” deputies said.

Investigators said the man may have also been affiliated with a group called “Band of Brothers.”

In an update to the sheriff’s office’s initial post Friday night, deputies said the man had been identified.