Man Gets Probation Plea Deal for Felony Battery

Joseph Mack Savage, 55, avoided prison time in his felony battery case last month. According to the police report, he also goes by the name “Super Cracker” or "Super C." The report lists Savage's occupation as "right hand man."

Battery Case

On July 9, 2024, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers charged Savage with hindering police communications and felony battery by repeat offender.

According to the police report, Savage was in a verbal argument with the victim that turned physical when he threw a bottle of lotion at her. The victim grabbed her phone and told Savage she was going to contact the police, and he reportedly tackled her to the ground and grabbed the phone to prevent her from calling 911. The victim bit Savage in self-defense, and he applied more pressure on her face towards the floor. 

The victim had visible injuries. She showed police her glasses, which had lotion smeared over the right lens.

Savage told GPD over the phone that he’d speak with them in person but did not show up. He was later arrested on a warrant and released from jail on a $75,000 bond.

Savage later wrote a letter to Judge William Davis where he professed his innocence and blamed the victim.

Savage recalled an incident where the victim was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot him in the chest. Officer Tommy Alvin arrested and charged her with aggravated assault. Prosecutors later dropped the case. The victim had denied the allegations.

Savage argued that the victim began making false allegations after this alleged incident.

Savage said he has called GPD "due to assaults" by the victim. He said they told him she would not be arrested and asked if he had somewhere else to go.

Savage alleged that he was "threatened" by the victim's family and that she threw away his personal belongings. Savage argued that the victim was attempting to discredit him as a father for child custody.

Savage said the victim contacted him outside their agreed upon time frame for mediation in their divorce case, claiming she provided her CashApp with the implication he should send her money. Savage argued that the police and prosecution are biased, further alleging that State Investigator DonTonya Smith has a "personal relationship" with the victim and "history" with him and his family.

On September 22, 2026, prosecutors agreed to drop the hindering police communications charge, giving Savage a plea deal in which he was convicted of felony battery by repeat offender and sentenced to two years of probation. Chief Judge William Davis accepted the agreement. Savage will be required to complete a batterers’ intervention program. 

In 2009, Savage was convicted on misdemeanor counts of stalking, battery and harassing a victim/witness. 

In December 2017, Savage was convicted of possessing a firearm against the order of a domestic violence injunction, a misdemeanor offense. He’s accrued several more cases over the years that have been dropped, such as one involving reports of child molestation.

Sex Offense Case

In August 2016, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged Savage with lewd/lascivious molestation against a victim aged 12-15.

The victim from the battery case is not the complainant (the adult who initially reported the crime) in this case.

Deputy Robert Campbell reported the following:

“[Savage] is a primary care giver for the victim who is fourteen years old…

The following information was initially reported to the ACSO by the victim's mother, and later disclosed by the victim herself during a forensic interview…

On [August 29, 2016], the victim and [Savage] were at another family member's house cleaning and preparing it for another group of tenants when they were left alone for a time inside. While they were alone, [Savage] began asking the victim if she'd ever watched pornography on her phone or done anything sexual with other people. She denied ever doing this when [Savage] asked if she'd like to do so using his phone which she refused. During this time the victim was in a dining room which was open and adjacent to the living room where [Savage] was. She noticed that her phone battery was dying when she went to the far side of the living room where a phone charger was located. As she was walking, [Savage] stood up and blocked her path… then grabbed her hand and placed it over his genital area and began rubbing it in an up and down manner. [Savage] then placed his hand over her genital area and did the same.

The victim freed herself from his grasp and sat in a nearby chair. [Savage] then began grabbing her by the wrist in an attempt to get her up out of the chair but this initial attempt was defeated by the victim pulling away. [Savage] continued his actions and increased the amount of force needed to successfully pull the victim out of the chair. [Savage] then sat in a separate chair and pulled her down onto his lap. [Savage] then began moving his hips as if he was grinding his pelvis against her. This continued for several moments before the victim freed herself and went outside the home. As she did so [Savage] called out to her telling her not to tell anyone or they would both get in trouble.

[Savage] did commit an act of lewd and lascivious molestation by intentionally touching the victim over her clothing in the genital area. [Savage] did also force the victim who is fourteen years old to place her hand over the clothing of his genital region.”

Prosecutors dropped the case and did not file formal charges.