Crime & Safety

Manalapan Man Charged In Florida With Choking, Biting Man At Hotel

A 47-year old Manalapan resident is facing charges in Palm Beach County, Florida that he allegedly put a man in a choke hold and tried to bite his earlobe after an incident between families at a luxury hotel on June 7. 

Mark V. Augello of Summer Dr. was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at 3:23 p.m. and released 9:33 p.m., according to Palm Beach Sheriff's Dept. records. 

A police account of how events unfolded near the restroom of the luxury Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach can be read at PalmBeachDailyNews.com.






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