Florida Man Charged in Box-Cutter Slashing of 70-Year-Old Publix Shopper 3 Months After Probation Ended
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 16
Florida Man Charged in Box-Cutter Slashing of 70-Year-Old Publix Shopper 3 Months After Probation Ended
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 16
Summary
Ramsey Thomas Lyons, 47, was charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 or older after police say he slashed a 70-year-old shopper at a Punta Gorda Publix on Oct. 10.
Police said Lyons approached from behind shortly before 4 p.m., cut the man with a box cutter, then admitted he had planned for 2 days to kill someone because of a "deep dislike for the 1960s era."
The victim suffered a 4- to 6-inch cut from his left cheek to his neck and a minor chest wound; officers arrested Lyons at the store and recovered the box cutter in the aisle.
The attack came just over 3 months after a mental health court ended Lyons' probation early in a 2025 unprovoked assault on a 16-year-old, drawing renewed criticism from that teen's mother.
Lyons is being held without bond in Charlotte County Jail, declined a public defender, and is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 16.