John Williams

Name:
Williams, John Marcus

Date of Booking:
07/28/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Aggravated Assault

Officer’s Narrative:
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Between above date and time the Complainant/Victim [VICTIM #1] stated to Reporting Officer that he was at a softball game at the incident location when the umpire/offender (John Williams) got angry and acted in a violent manner by throwing a softball with force toward his/victim face and head area. The Victim stated that after the game had ended he rolled a softball on the ground toward the dugout and that the Offender (John) was standing close by which caused him/offender to get angry with the Victim which resulted in the Offender (John) picking up a softball and intentionally throwing the softball with ill intent of causing bodily harm at the Victim’s face/head.

The Victim [VICTIM #1] stated to R/O that the softball flew past his him but luckily didn’t strike him at that time. The Victim [VICTIM #1] stated to R/O that he very much believes that the Offender (John) had bad intentions when he/offender threw the softball at him/victim and intended to do harm. The Victim also advised R/O that there was a witness [WITNESS #1], who was standing right next to him/victim when the Offender threw the softball, which flew past the Witness as well and could’ve caused injury to the witness also.

The Victim [VICTIM #1] further stated to R/O that he already has a brain injury and that he is grateful that the softball thrown by the Offender didn’t actually hit him in the head which could’ve caused serious bodily injury or even death to him/victim, due to his already injured brain, had he been struck in the head. R/O did talk with the Offender about the incident where he stated that the Victim threw the softball at him first which caused him/offender to react and instantly pick up the softball and violently throw the object/softball at the Victim which was later determined that the softball was being aimed at the Victim’s face/head area. The Victim [VICTIM #1] stated to R/O that after the incident occurred he walked away from the situation and immediately called 911 for assistance.

The Victim stated that the Offender was still on the field of play and umpiring another game and the two didn’t have any further interaction with each other at that point. There was several subjects that witnessed the incident and violent act by the Offender and all of them stated that the Victim rolled the softball on the ground toward the Offender but did not actually throw it at him/offender. The Offender (John), while talking with Officers about the incident, did admit to Officers that he did throw the softball at the Victim because he believed he/victim threw it at him first.

R/O placed the Offender under arrest where he was handcuffed properly and the handcuffs was secured and then double locked. R/O’s Patrol Car video, audio, & BWC activated during this particular incident. R/O checked and cleared the back seat of the Patrol Car for illegal contraband before leaving the County Jail.

[End of Narrative]