Max Hartley got here to South Florida to take pleasure in a spring break trip — however he left going through a felony cost for allegedly beating Def Leppard’s drummer and a girl earlier this week.
But how Sam Halpern, Hartley’s lawyer, described the 19-year-old was starkly completely different than his actions detailed in 911 calls and an arrest report.
“He’s a particularly candy younger man,” mentioned Halpern, of Sam Halpern P.A. “He’s by no means been in hassle with the legislation earlier than.”
From Avon, Ohio, Hartley was an all-around athlete in highschool earlier than coming into faculty, taking part in soccer, rugby and leisure league basketball.
“He was regarded extremely with shut household and associates for years,” Halpern added.
When he acquired to Fort Lauderdale, nevertheless, police say he assaulted two individuals — with a bystander describing the younger man as intoxicated when all of it went down.
Halpern didn’t touch upon what provoked the assaults nor whether or not Rick Allen being a band member in Def Leppard performed any half.
Two individuals attacked, chaos erupts at restaurant
On Monday, Hartley rushed a person at full pace who was smoking a cigarette within the valet part of the 4 Seasons Resort, 525 N Fort Lauderdale Seashore Blvd, an arrest report learn.
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He knocked over the person, whose head hit the bottom.
Fort Lauderdale police didn’t determine the sufferer, however WSVN 7 Information first reported Allen was the person attacked. The 59-year-old’s situation is unknown. He was on the town performing with Mötley Crüe on the Seminole Arduous Rock on Sunday.
Based on the report, an unidentified lady came to visit to assist Allen earlier than Hartley pushed her over and she or he, too, hit her head. He then dragged the lady again outdoors the resort when she tried to flee into the foyer.
Following the assaults, 911 callers reported they apprehended Hartley after he tried to interrupt a restaurant’s window by throwing chairs.
One caller mentioned he appeared “very extremely intoxicated.”
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Spring break off to a rocky begin
In his greater than three many years of legislation follow, Halpern mentioned Hartley’s case was fairly commonplace compared to previous spring break crimes.
“You see loads of felony mischief, battery expenses throughout spring break,” he mentioned.
The truth is, Fort Lauderdale police already began ramping up their preventive messaging to the general public on closures and guidelines for incoming visitors.
From March 3 by April 2, the town prohibits alcohol, tents, scooters, coolers and unauthorized distributors on components of its seashore — from the 900 block of Seabreeze north to the 1700 block of North A1A.
One other measure police are utilizing for spring break is the Bar Watch program, which used to advertise and stop sexual assault. It’s primarily a community of bartenders, police and others who look ahead to indicators of sexual assault and different crimes.