AVENTURA – Police said they arrested
the president of an Aventura condominium board Friday after
he pepper-sprayed a 65-year-old who was helping his daughter
move in after an apparent dispute over where the man parked.
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It came the same week after allegations
of condo drama at another Aventura building led to the
arrest of a 73-year-old man on stalking and aggravated
assault charges.
According to an arrest report from the Aventura Police
Department, the latest incident happened at the Ensenada
condominiums at 3401 N. Country Club Drive.
Police said they responded to the complex’s Building 1 just
before 3:30 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of a
battery.
The report states that Ohad Asus, 39, the condo’s board
president, told officers that he saw the man “illegally
parking in front of the building” and told him “not to park
there.”
He then said he came back an hour later to put a “no parking
sticker” on the man’s vehicle.
Asus claimed that the 65-year-old “charged at him” and Asus
believed he “was going to kill him,” so he pepper-sprayed
the man twice, the report states.
Police said that video provided by the
building manager, however, showed Asus “approaching (the
man) with pepper spray in his hand.” They said the man
walked towards Asus and Asus sprayed him in the face. |
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Ohad Asus
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That building manager told police the
man’s daughter had a reservation for her father to help her
move furniture into her unit that day.
Asus, who is no longer listed in Miami-Dade jail records as
of Monday morning, was arrested on a felony charge of
battery on a person 65 or over.
A judge had set his bond at $10,000 after finding probable
cause to charge him.
