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Man Arrested For Cow Manure Battery

Vile attack took place at Florida dairy farm

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Cow Manure Attack

FEBRUARY 27--A Florida Man was arrested yesterday on a felony battery charge after allegedly dumping a bucket of cow manure over the head of a victim, police report.

According to a complaint affidavit, Jose Ramirez-Callejas, 47, attacked the victim at a dairy farm in Crystal Springs, a community about 30 miles north of Tampa. The complaint does not indicate whether Ramirez-Callejas or the victim work at Spoto’s Palm River Dairy.

Investigators allege that Ramirez-Callejas “scooped the cow manure into the bucket and dumped it over the victim’s head” early Wednesday afternoon.

Seen above, Ramirez-Callejas reportedly admitted to police that he doused the victim with cow manure. A cop reported observing “cow manure on the victim’s forehead and leg.”

Ramirez-Callejas, who is listed as a transient in the complaint, was booked into the Pasco County jail.

Ramirez-Callejas’s rap sheet includes convictions for battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and probation violation. He was arrested in mid-November for allegedly threatening a man with a rifle, but prosecutors declined to pursue the case. (1 page)