A Florida dentist who advertises his “light touch” was arrested for brutally assaulting a man with a golf club at a normally tranquil course this weekend, according to police.
Eddie Orobitg, 52, was hit with a felony charge of aggravated battery after allegedly smashing the victim in the face and body when a dispute over course etiquette exploded into violence.
Joseph Sivak, a doctor, told arriving officers he and his wife were taking their routine walk on the Harbor Hills Golf Course in Lake County near his home when Orobitg started screaming at him.
The dentist, who was golfing with his young son, told the physician he was not supposed to be walking along the path as it was reserved for those using golf carts.
“[We] just heard somebody screaming, swearing at us, coming up really fast behind us,” Sivak told Fox 35.
The two men began arguing before Orobitg spit in Sivak’s face and began beating him with his hands and a golf club, according to the report.
Sivak said he suffered broken ribs, a fractured cheekbone, a ripped earlobe and several bruises and cuts as a result of the dentist’s rage.
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He told police he futilely attempted to defend himself with a water bottle as the blows rained down.
Arriving deputies found Sivak covered in blood and unable to make a verbal statement due to his condition.
“I nearly died, that’s the thing that scared me,” Sivak told the station.
Bodycam footage of Orobitg’s arrest shows him quizzically asking cops why he was being arrested. He was taken into custody without incident.
“Had he been struck just in the right place it could have been much, much worse,” Lt. John Herrell with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office told the station of the attack.
According to his web site, the Leesburg dentist graduated from the University of Florida School of Dentistry in 1996 and has been practicing at his current location for more than 20 years.
Orobitg advertises several glowing testimonials, including one patient who lauded him for his “light touch” with patients.
