Crime & Safety

Man Accused of Battery with Vacuum Cleaner

He now faces several charges.

A Holiday man was arrested Monday after he struck a man with a vacuum cleaner.

According to a Pasco County complaint affidavit, Skye Edward Compfort, 40, told a responding deputy that he was in a verbal altercation with his girlfriend's son while he was visiting them.

The vacuum cleaner attack, however, he could not remember, according to the report.

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The deputy observed injuries to the man "consistent with being hit with an upright vacuum cleaner," the report stated.

Compfort was taken to a local hospital for medical clearance on suspicion of Xanax intoxication, then transferred to the Land O 'Lakes jail.

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Compfort of 1536 Cockleshell Drive was arrested Jan. 14 charged with simple battery, possession of drugs without a prescription and introduction/posession of contraband in a detention facility. He remained in the Land O' Lakes jail Tuesday.

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