John Rentas Not On Duty When Allegedly Bit Woman On Inner Thigh.
BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A man who self-identifies as a contract driver for Amazon.com allegedly bit a woman and took her cell phone in an effort to see who she communicating with. The man, John Rentas, was eventually arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
The police report, filed by PBSO, explains what happened:
I RESPONDED TO IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN PROGRESS. CALLER WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING AND SAID THAT (JOHN RENTAS) WAS HIGH AND BEATING HER.
UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH THE VICTIM OUTSIDE OF HER HOUSE. SHE WAS EMOTIONALLY CRYING WITH A BITE MARK ON HER LEFT INNER THIGH. SHE DID NOT WANT TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, BUT VERBALLY STATED THAT SHE JUST ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK AND WAS IN THE BEDROOM WHEN THE DEFENDANT, JOHN RENTAS, WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING DEMANDED HER CELL PHONE TO SEE WHO SHE HAD BEEN TALKING TO. SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM AT WHICH POINT HE GRABBED IT FROM HER. THE INCIDENT TURNED PHYSICAL WHEN SHE TRIED TO GET IT BACK FROM HIM AND BOTH GOT INTO A TUSSLE DURING WHICH TIME JOHN BIT HER ON THE LEFT INNER THIGH.
I SPOKE WITH JOHN WHO SAID THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED TO GRAB THE PHONE FROM HER AND ALSO ADMITTED TO BITING HER ON HER LEFT INNER THIGH.
BASED ON THE ABOVE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT JOHN RENTAS WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR AND DID BITE HIS WIFE, ALLISON RENTAS, ON HER LEFT INNER THIGH CAUSING A VISIBLE BRUISED BITE MARK AGAINST HER WILL PURSUANT TO F. S. S. 784.03
Rentas was charged with battery. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on October 26th and released on his own recognizance on October 27th. His status as an Amazon contractor was unclear Sunday morning.
