Suspected Florida Publix slasher walked free from court months earlier despite victim warnings

A Florida man allegedly slashed a 70-year-old Publix shopper with a box cutter just over three months after a mental health court ended his probation early in a case involving an unprovoked attack on a teenager.

According to the Punta Gorda Police Department, Ramsey Thomas Lyons, 47, faces a felony charge of aggravated battery on a person 65 years or older following an attack at the Publix Super Market on Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda on Oct. 10.

A sworn probable cause arrest affidavit...