ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A 48-year-old man accused of hitting another man with a samurai sword before bringing a second edged weapon into a Thursday night confrontation faces a felony charge, according to an arrest affidavit released Friday.

A woman told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s investigators that she and her ex-husband were dropping off her 62-year-old mother at her home in
the 13900 block of Encantado Circle north of Indrio Road when the mother’s boyfriend exited the residence with a samurai sword.

The daughter’s 31-year-old ex-husband said the alleged sword wielder, Timothy James Gent, 48, “yelled at him, who is going to beat my (backside)?” a report states.

The affidavit gave this account:

The daughter’s ex-husband told Gent there were no such plans before Gent struck him “a couple” of times with the sword.

The ex-husband said he hit Gent until he got the sword away. Gent then went back in the residence and came out with a knife, which he ditched when he saw law enforcement officials coming.

A deputy saw lacerations on the ex-husband’s head, face and arms, and he said he planned to go to the hospital on his own.

Gent, who had a swollen lip and “a lot” of blood on him, refused medical attention at the scene.

Gent was taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce before going to jail on a felony charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com

Tags: arrest, assault, deputies, knife, mother, sword

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