COLUMBUS, Ind. – Police in Columbus call it a clear case of battery.
They say a mailman was essentially whipped with a dog leash after a pepper spray incident with a homeowner’s pets. But that homeowner, 54-year-old Anthony Wayne Stevens, claims he was nearly attacked first and acted in self-defense.
Stevens was just back from a run with his dogs Saturday morning on Camelot Lane, when a delivery from the mailman turned dangerous and led to a long weekend in jail.
Stevens said he struck the mailman in the face with his leash.
Columbus man claims self-defense for hitting mailman