A 26-year-old Coral Springs man was arrested on November 12 and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after police say he chased an electric bicycle rider through a neighborhood, drove onto a sidewalk, hit him and fled.
According to a Coral Springs Police Department arrest report, the incident started near West Sample Road and Northwest 110th Avenue. The victim told investigators he had an argument with Florencio Anton Quijada Brito near Coral Springs Elementary School, at 3601 Northwest 110th Avenue. Police said Quijada Brito then got into his SUV and followed the rider north on Northwest 110th Avenue and west on Northwest 39th Street.
Records show that near Northwest 115th Avenue and Northwest 39th Street, the SUV left the road, crossed a grassy swale and hit the victim, throwing him onto the hood before he fell to the ground. Police said the driver did not stop to help.
Officers later found the SUV parked outside Quijada Brito’s apartment with front-end damage and a dent on the hood. A traffic crash investigator found tire tracks running from the roadway across the grass and onto the sidewalk. The victim was taken to Broward Health Coral Springs with pain on his left side, a left arm injury, and scrapes and a cut on his left leg. He said he recorded part of the encounter, and investigators said the video matched his account.
In a later interview, Quijada Brito admitted arguing with the victim and hitting him with the vehicle, according to the affidavit. He told investigators he did not mean to hit him. He was taken to the Broward County Main Jail.
