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Man arrested after shotgun incident

The Homosassa man is in the Citrus County jail facing charges of aggravated assault and battery.

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 21, 2006

A Homosassa man was arrested Friday morning, accused of pointing a shotgun at his wife's head and saying, "This is what I have for you."

James P. Davis, 46, confronted his wife, Lucetta, before 8 a.m. while she was parked in a vehicle outside a friend's house, an arrest report said.

Lucetta Davis, 49, told a deputy that she and her husband argued about money.

"Do you want to see what I have for you?" he asked at one point. He then retrieved a single-barrel shotgun from his vehicle, pointed it at her head and said, "This is what I have for you," the report said.

Lucetta Davis said her husband had threatened her in the past and she feared he would shoot. Two witnesses corroborated her story; one said Davis pushed him when he tried to intervene, the report said.

Davis was booked into the Citrus County jail on charges of aggravated assault and battery. No bail was set.

According to the report, when a deputy asked Davis if he wished to speak, Davis placed his fingers in his ears and said he did not understand English.

In other Sheriff's Office activity: A domestic dispute led to a Crystal River man's arrest Friday morning.

Amber Witty, 27, said her husband, Brian, poked her eye twice, pulled her hair and threatened her during an argument at their home, according to an arrest report.

A deputy arrested Brian Witty about 10 a.m. Friday outside the Cypress Creek juvenile detention facility, where his wife works. The deputy said Witty was removing items from his wife's car.

Witty was booked into the jail on a charge of domestic battery. He was held without bail.

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