Overview
- Police say David O’Brien, 67, met an unnamed woman on the Tinder app and told her he was “looking for a sugar baby” while offering payment for visits.
- Reports say he gave the woman cash, took her shopping, and later gave more money at his home before she felt uncomfortable and asked friends to pick her up.
- The Sumter County arrest report alleges O’Brien chased the group in his Ford F-150, rammed their car twice at the roundabout near El Camino Real and Buena Vista Boulevard, and left the vehicle disabled against a pole.
- According to the report, O’Brien confronted a male occupant, pointed a 22 semi-automatic Ruger at him and threatened to kill him, and deputies later found O’Brien in his truck with a gun and arrested him.
- O’Brien was booked on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and multiple counts of aggravated battery, and one outlet reported a $90,000 bond but that release has not been fully corroborated while the case remains pending.