Gainesville Man Arrested for Battering Elderly Woman After Threatening to Stomp Dog, Released on Recognizance
Gainesville Police Department officers arrested Noah Algot Oscarson, 46, Sunday evening and charged him with two counts of battery, one being a felony due to the victim being elderly.
Oscarson reportedly became upset with the female victim over her pet dog that lives on their property.
According to the arrest report, Oscarson told the female victim he would “stomp the dog with his foot if the dog didn’t stay away from his property.” Later on, she was walking her dog when Oscarson reportedly approached and started screaming in her face before pushing her to the ground. The arrest report states Oscarson then grabbed the male victim by the shoulders, and the other victim told him to let go, which he did and walked away.
The female victim reportedly told police that Oscarson is “not typically violent,” but “does get erratic after using methamphetamine which she believes he had used today.” She said that Oscarson “uses and manufacturers methamphetamine using a ‘shake-and-bake’ process.”
The male victim reportedly told police that Oscarson accused the female victim of “standing on his sheet metal nearby where they were arguing.” He said he never observed the female victim standing on the sheet metal, but confirmed there was sheet metal nearby to the location. The male victim reportedly said he tried to “intervene verbally” when Oscarson shoved the female victim, which is when Oscarson grabbed him by the shoulders.
Oscarson reportedly told police he was arguing with the female victim because she “allows her dogs to do whatever they want and they don’t respect his property.”
According to the arrest report, Oscarson said the female victim “blocked him from walking down the driveway freely with her body and walker,” and was “walking backwards towards [him] pushing herself.” Oscarson said he “assisted [her] to the ground by placing his hand on her shoulder." He said the male victim grabbed him from behind and grabbed his elbows and wrist “as the police would do." Oscarson stated he "rotated his hands” and grabbed the male victim’s wrists in the same manner.
Oscarson’s pretrial investigation summary shows he was adjudicated of misdemeanor in 2007 but it does not appear under the local court records website, indicating the incident occurred outside Alachua County.
A judge ordered Oscarson to be released on his own recognizance under the conditions that he not contact the victims and refrain from possessing any firearms, court records show.
Editor’s Notes: Judge Menson Rawls was the judge on Oscarson’s initial first appearance order document, however it was later refiled due to an error in original document not requiring Oscarson to maintain an alternate residence from the victims, and Judge Robert Groeb was reported to be the presiding judge on the second document. Additionally, Judge James Colaw is listed as Oscarson’s judge on the case summary page of his court records file.
