A fight outside a Holmes Beach bar might result in criminal charges.
Two police officers responded at 10:08 p.m. May 30 to the Anchor Inn, 3007 Gulf Drive, about reports of a domestic disturbance.
There, according to a Holmes Beach police report, officers found a 54-year-old Longboat Key man bleeding from a head contusion and laceration and a 50-year-old Bradenton woman yelling at each other across the parking lot.
The man told police they used to be in a relationship and got into an argument in the bar. When she left, he followed her to a nearby condominium, where a 54-year-old Holmes Beach man allegedly stuck the Longboat Key man over the head with a metal pipe.
The Longboat Key man said he took the other man to the ground and began striking him. Then his ex began hitting him in the back of the head and he struck her.
Manatee County Emergency Medical Services transported the Longboat Key man to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton for treatment.
He also was trespassed from the bar at the working bartender’s request.
The woman told police that the Longboat Key man had been following and harassing her since they broke up and she wants a protection order against him.
She also said her ex struck her twice and the Holmes Beach man came to her defense.
At the condominium, the Holmes Beach man said he went outside when he heard a woman calling for help.
He told police the Longboat Key man began hitting him “suddenly and unprovoked” and he defended himself. He also denied using a metal pipe during the incident.
There were no arrests made during the incident.
However, an officer filed capias requests for a potential charge against the Holmes Beach man for felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and, for the other two, misdemeanor domestic battery charges.