The elderly victim told the 911 dispatcher, “I had a guy come down here and just kick the living daylights out of me.” The dispatcher asked, “Do you know what it was about, why he did it?” The victim replied, “well yes, it was about a political sign.” The dispatcher replied, “my goodness gracious.”
The victim, who is a Joe Biden supporter, reported that 69-year-old Melvin Wallace of West Lafayette, who is a Donald Trump supporter, attacked him because the 84-year-old had a Biden sign in his yard.
The elderly man reported that he told Wallace to leave his property the day before because had Wallace made fun of the Biden sign.
Investigators with the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office charged Wallace with assault.
