Man, 69, faces felony for severe beating in Miramar Walmart parking lot, police say

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Authorities booked a 69-year-old Pembroke Pines guy into the Broward County prison on Wednesday after police mentioned he seriously beat any other senior in a Walmart parking lot over a site visitors dispute.

According to an arrest file, at round 5 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2023, Juan Antonio Fiscalini used to be backing his Toyota Corolla out of a disabled parking area on the Walmart at 1800 S. University Drive in Miramar when he grazed the sufferer along with his automobile.

The sufferer yelled at Fiscalini, Miramar police mentioned, and Fiscalini were given out of the car. The arrest file states that the verbal argument became bodily when Fiscalini shoved the person to the bottom, punched him in the face once or more after which kicked him in the face whilst he used to be at the flooring.

Police mentioned a bystander broke up the tussle and Fiscalini then left.

Meanwhile, the person suffered an orbital fracture, a broken eye lens and a hematoma to the left eye, one thing the investigating officer wrote on the time “may lead to permanent loss of vision in the left eye,” police mentioned.

Police would later hint Fiscalini’s car to his house in Pembroke Pines, the place government mentioned he admitted to what came about and claimed he used to be protecting his spouse, who has Alzheimer’s illness, “from being verbally accosted” by means of the sufferer.

Police forwarded the case to the Broward State Attorney’s Office, which elected to pursue a price of annoyed battery on an individual over 65 in opposition to Fiscalini. The price is a first-degree felony.

He became himself in on Wednesday forward of a scheduled courtroom date, which used to be reset to Thursday. His legal professional entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf in December, forward of that courtroom date.

Prosecutors filed a movement for pre-trial detention as a result of what they mentioned used to be the likelihood of “intimidation or danger to the victim” and Fiscalini’s previous prison historical past.

“The defendant was adjudicated for battery on a law enforcement officer, along with a misdemeanor battery, DUI, DWLS (driving while license suspended) and resisting without violence, all from 1998,” Assistant State Attorney Nneka Utti wrote in the movement.

That case used to be out of Coconut Creek, in line with Broward courtroom data.

According to prison data, Fiscalini remained in the Broward Main Jail on Thursday, with a $10,000 bond pending.