Man arrested for battery

A 38-year-old Key Largo, Florida man was arrested early Monday for attacking and injuring another man.

Eric Daniel Torres was charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest.

The Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence on Rose Place at approximately 10:22 p.m. Sunday regarding a battery. The 62-year-old male victim stated the suspect, identified as Torres, hit him on the head with a plate. The victim was taken to Mariners Hospital in Tavernier for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Torres was subsequently stopped near Mile Marker 102 on U.S. 1. He spit on Deputies and cursed them as well as tensed his body and pulled away as they attempted to place him into custody. He was taken to jail.

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