A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday night after he threw CVS baskets and a shopping cart at a man and yelled slurs at him, Gainesville Police said.
Theo Lemuel Williams, 24, was sitting at a bus stop near CVS Pharmacy, located at 900 N. Main St., at about 5:53 p.m. when he yelled and called another man a “cracker and white racist,” according to an arrest report.
Williams, a foreign citizen from the Bahamas, became agitated and began forcefully throwing CVS baskets and a shopping cart at the man, hitting him in the shoulder. In order to separate themselves from Williams, the man and a witness walked away, according to the report.
A few minutes later, the man and witness were near 1000 N. Main St. when Williams confronted them again, this time holding a metal rod. Williams threatened to beat the man with the metal rod, according to the report.
The man told police he was in fear for his life, but Williams dropped the metal rod and walked away. Williams told detectives he did not assault the man, according to the report.
Williams was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and battery. He was taken to the Alachua County Jail where he remains, as of press time, in lieu of a $40,000 bond.
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