Nationwide — Elmoncy Sercle, a 28-year-old African American man from Miami, Florida, has been arrested after police stated he ran over a girl together with his SUV when she refused to let him scent her ft whereas she was assembly him to promote a pair of sneakers exterior a lodge.
The girl, who requested to not be named, stated she met Sercle on Sunday afternoon on the Serena Lodge to promote him a pair of used sneakers.
She stated the assembly took a weird flip when Sercle requested to smell her ft as an alternative of shopping for the sneakers. She refused, providing him the sneakers however making it clear that he couldn’t have the rest.
She stated Sercle then ran out of the room with what she thought had been her sneakers. She adopted him to the parking zone, the place he acquired into his SUV, made a three-point flip, and hit her with the car.
“By the grace of God, I’m nonetheless standing at present,” the lady informed Native 10 Information, including that the encounter was horrifying and in contrast to something she had skilled earlier than.
Police later arrested Sercle on a cost of aggravated battery. Investigators stated he has been linked to different circumstances with an analogous sample. Authorities are reviewing lodge surveillance footage as a part of the investigation.