Times staff
Thursday, March 22, 2012
WESLEY CHAPEL
Man attacked father with broom, police say
Deputies arrested a man who they say was attacking his 84-year-old father with a broom and then injured a deputy who struggled to restrain him.
Edward Walter O'Rourke II, 46, of 30909 Sade Court is charged with aggravated assault and battery on a person older than 65. A Pasco County Sheriff's Office report said deputies arrived at ORourke's home about 6 p.m. Wednesday to find him attacking his father with the brush end of the broom. A report said the younger O'Rourke had been drinking in the garage and smoking "Spice" and became angry at his father "for unknown reasons."
When Deputy Steven Napoleon tried to arrest the younger O'Rourke, he began resisting, the report said. The deputy called for backup. A fellow deputy responded to find her colleague on top of O'Rourke, who was handcuffed but still rolling around, the report said. The other deputy got leg shackles from her patrol car and helped restrain O'Rourke. Napoleon was treated at a local hospital for back strain.
O'Rourke remained Thursday at the Land O'Lakes jail without bail.
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