Man beats neighbor, 75, over 'placement of garbage': Cops
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Background: Surveillance footage allegedly shows George Horton attacking Rodolfo Ortega (WFOR/YouTube). Left inset: George Horton (Miami Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Center). Right inset: Rodolfo Ortega (WSVN/YouTube).

A Florida man fuming over “the placement of garbage” outside his apartment building by his 75-year-old neighbor beat the man with an “electric bicycle tire and rim” — hitting him in his face, head and body, according to police.

Cops say George Horton, 47, didn’t like the way his neighbor, Rodolfo Ortega, was disposing of his trash at the Normandy Isle apartment building where they lived near the 1200 block of Normandy Drive, according to local Fox affiliate WSVN. The alleged attack unfolded on Monday just before noon.

Ortega spoke to WSVN and other local outlets about the alleged e-bike attack, saying “he tried to kill me,” in reference to Horton.

“I tell the guy, ‘Don’t touch me,’” Ortega said.

“He touched me, and I tried to defend [myself],” Ortega added, noting that the alleged attack “broke” his head open.

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Horton’s arrest report, which was obtained by local ABC affiliate WPLG, accuses him of going after Ortega with the bike tire and rim after the victim brandished a screwdriver “to defend himself,” per the report. The two of them were initially having a verbal dispute “regarding the placement of garbage” and things escalated, according to the report.

Ortega told WSVN that he fell to the ground after the attack and suffered lacerations to his head, hands and other parts of his body. Surveillance footage captured from an area nearby shows the alleged assault unfolding.

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