Daytona commissioner arrested for striking 66-year-old man

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Daytona commissioner arrested for striking 66-year-old man

DAYTONA BEACH — A Daytona Beach city commissioner was arrested early Sunday after an argument with a senior citizen at the entrance gate to the Pelican Bay subdivision turned physical.

Robert Gilliland

Robert Gilliland, 47, is charged with battery on a person 65 years of age or older, a felony.

The incident happened just after midnight at Pelican Bay’s west gate.

According to police reports:

Alan Robinson, 66, stopped at the gate and was talking with security guard Terry Prestridge.

Gilliland pulled in behind Robinson and started honking the horn of his black SUV and yelling “Get the (expletive) out of the way!”

Robinson said Gilliland lurched his SUV forward several times as if he would strike his 2013 Chevrolet Corvette.

Prestridge opened the gate and both vehicles entered.

Both men then exited their vehicles and began to argue.

Robinson told police Gilliland smelled of alcohol and he thought he was intoxicated, so he went to remove Gilliland’s keys from his SUV.

At one point, Robinson’s son, 36-year-old Gabriel Robinson, tried to stop the argument and told Gilliland to “chill out,” but to no avail.

Gilliland then punched Alan Robinson on the right side of his head near his right ear.

Police said Robinson’s right ear was red and his right eye was bloodshot.

Both Robinson’s son and the security guard corroborated Robinson’s account of the events.

Gilliland told an officer that Robinson exited his vehicle and approached him before they began arguing. He said at some point during the argument, Robinson reached into his vehicle and removed the keys, at which point Gilliland requested the security guard contact the police.

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