A 47-year-old St. Augustine woman is facing a serious felony charge after deputies say she attacked a fellow pickleball player with a paddle during an argument at Treaty Park.
The woman, who is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, told investigators she was defending her son during an argument with the man who was attacked.
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But deputies said in her arrest report that her son did not appear to be in immediate danger during the incident, according to statements from witnesses and the victim.
The woman, who is an orthopaedic nurse, is also charged with giving a false ID to law enforcement, which is a misdemeanor.
According to the arrest report, the woman was playing pickleball with the victim at Treaty Park in St. Augustine around 10 a.m. on May 31 when they got into a disagreement about who should retrieve a ball.
After the match, the victim spoke with the woman’s son about the way he was playing, and the woman “interjected herself” into the argument.
That’s when, deputies say, she hit the man in the head several times with the pickleball paddle, which left him with several cuts to his face, which bled heavily.
The arrest report says the woman gave a false name to deputies twice during the investigation.
In the report, the deputies said the woman had used “a weapon that can cause serious bodily injury or death,” which is why she was charged with the felony.