Telegraph Staff Writer
STARKE—The State Attorney’s Office in Bradford County notified a judge on June 6 that it had withdrawn charges against a Starke man accused of threatening an IHOP manager with a chair.
State Attorney Brian Kramer’s office entered a nolle prosequi notice for Ronald Eugene Willis Sr., 56, who on Feb. 6, 2022, was arrested for aggravated assault, resisting an officer, and simple assault.
According to an arrest report, an IHOP manager told police that Willis was creating a disturbance within the restaurant. When the manager asked him to leave, the defendant picked up a chair as if he would strike the employee with the furniture piece.
Starke police described the defendant as angry when they encountered him, adding that Willis declared that he was not going to jail, and he resisted their attempts to handcuff him.
Three months after the defendant’s arrest, his case was transferred to mental health court, and a treatment plan was filed with the court. Since then, he has made monthly appearances before County Judge D. Tatum Davis to review the status of his treatment.
