PANAMA CITY — A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 weekends in jail after pleading to charges he forced a woman off the road and punched the windshield out of her car.
Quinn Montel Battles, 28, was arrested in July on charges of criminal mischief, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident after an incident on Redwood Avenue that left another driver with about $3,000 in damage to their car. Battles was sentenced Monday to five years of probation and 24 weekends in jail, according to Bay County court documents.
It was unclear what ignited the altercation, but police reported about 4:30 a.m. July 11 that Battles began attempting to ram the victim’s car on U.S. 98. The victim turned onto Redwood Avenue to try to get away from Battles before he rammed her car one last time in front of Patterson Elementary School, according to Panama City Police reports.
The victim told police she feared she was in danger of being killed or injured by Battles, police reported.
Battles then jumped out of his car and began punching the windshield of the other car, shattering the glass. Police said he then left the scene of the accident, and police estimated the combined damage to the car was about $3,000.
Warrant officers arrested Battles days later. He pleaded no contest to assault and criminal mischief and was ordered to stay at least 500 yards from the victim’s home and work.