Mark Roher’s Felony Food Attack Charge To Be Reduced After Boca Lago Buffet Brawl…
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The felony “aggravated battery with a deadly weapon” charge filed against attorney Mark Roher following a bizarre Boca Raton buffet attack will be reduced. Prosecutors with the State Attorney’s Office told a judge Thursday that they intend to reduce the charge filed on January 18th. It’s unclear, however, what the new charge will be, or when the current felony charge will be down-filed.
Roher, an attorney specializing in bankruptcy and operating from an office in Broward County, was attending a wedding reception at the Boca Lago Country Club when he allegedly became irate that a girl cut in line near the prime rib station. Roher allegedly used a plate to strike a family member of the girl. As we reported exclusively following the incident, here is the police report filed by PBSO:
>> “The victim then stated that a white male standing behind him became upset that he was being cut in line and the white male who was later identified as Mark Stuart Roher walked up to him and they began arguing. The victim then stated that he was attempting to remove himself from the situation and he turned around to avoid further contact. The victim then alleged that he was hit over the head with a plate and he was shoved and while off balance the victim was grabbed by the collar by Mark who was holding a plate over his head.”
Witnesses confirmed the story, with one the subject of this part of the police report: “I then spoke to a worker at the event who said in a sworn statement that (they) saw the whole interaction from the start and corroborate the victim’s account about why Mark became upset at being cut in line. The witness then stated that the victim had turned away from Mark in an attempt to ignore him and this is when Mark walked up to him with a plate and hit the victim on the head with the plate. The witness confirmed that the plate had shattered and that Mark then pushed the victim and was holding him by the collar. The witness then stated that surrounding people separated the two individuals, but then Mark attempted to walk back over to the victim. The witness said that (they) heard multiple plates shatter but the only one she saw as the one that Mark used to hit the victim on the head.”
When police spoke to Mark Roher, the lawyer initially lawyered up. “Mark chose to invoke his right to remain silent and wished to speak to an attorney. I then placed Mark into handcuffs which were checked for proper fit and Mark was placed under arrest. Mark then later chose to speak to me once we arrived at District 7 office and stated that he was upset that he was being cut in line and the did get into an argument with the victim. Mark also admitted to making first contact by pushing the victim.”<<
The judge overseeing the case on Thursday kept the “no contact” order in place, prohibiting Roher from having any interaction with the person or people he allegedly had issue with near the prime rib station. Roher, however, is not prohibited from prime rib in general.
