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Summerfield man arrested after fight with his mother over his drinking

Jean Philippe Gauthier

A Summerfield man was arrested after an altercation with his mother over his drinking.

Jean Philippe Gauthier, 46, was arrested on a charge of battery on a person over the age of 65 after Marion County sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday to his home on SE 175th PL.

Gauthier’s 75-year-old mother reported that her son struck her in the bottom of her right jaw with his fist. She said they had been arguing about his drinking problem.

Gauthier, who was heavily intoxicated, was taken into custody.

He is already on drug offender probation through 2019.

He was booked without bond at the Marion County Jail.