An irate Florida husband battered a man bloody with an aluminum bat after catching him in bed with his wife, according to a CBS 2 report .
John Dimmig, 33, is facing attempted murder charges after he burst into the victim’s AirBnB and caught him in the act with his startled spouse, the station reported Friday.
Responding to a 911 call, deputies entered the Lake Worth Beach residence and found the living room spattered with blood.
The red trail led to the apartment’s bedroom, where the badly bloodied victim was lying on his back while holding a towel to his head.
According to an arrest report, he told deputies that he was a CT technician from Arizona in Florida for work.
He said Dimmig’s wife was his coworker and that they had gone out for drinks after work before returning to his AirBnB.
While in bed with her, he suddenly heard the front door open before seeing Dimmig charging towards him with a bat in hand.
The enraged husband pinned him down and bashed him three times with the metal club, according to the report.
Dimmig screamed at his nemesis, warning the man not to go near his wife. She finally pulled her husband off of the victim before Dimmig fled the scene.
A video camera in the apartment captured her imploring him to end the assault.
“John!,” she could be heard screaming. “Stop! He’s bleeding!”
Dimmig denied the assault, but was placed under arrest.
Florida husband charged with beating man with baseball bat after catching him in bed with his wife
John Dimmig, 33, of Lake Worth, is facing attempted murder charges after he burst into the victim’s AirBnB and caught him in the act with his startled spouse, according to CBS 12.
After speaking to the victim, the investigator relocated to Dimmig's residence where he was seen loading the trunk of his black Hyundai Accent with two garbage bags of clothes.
The arrest report says Dimmig's wife signed a consent search form where deputies found a black aluminum bat inside the laundry room, and a black ripped t-shirt, and a white tank top undershirt that appeared to have blood on it.
When investigators spoke to Dimmig he told them he was home all day, other than briefly going to Publix located at the intersection of Northlake Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1. He further said, that he had a bat that he kept in the closet for self-defense or hitting baseballs or soccer balls.
Dimmig also said he had never struck anyone with a bat, the report reads.
Through further investigation, police were able to identify Dimmig's car near the scene of the crime.
Man beaten with metal bat after being caught in bed with another man's wife in Airbnb
A man is accused of beating another man with an aluminum bat after he's caught in an Airbnb with the man's wife.
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