A Peachtree City 18-year-old has been charged in a Feb. 17 incident at Lake McIntosh where two younger males were sprayed in the face with a powder-type fire extinguisher.
Michael Turner was charged with two counts of simple battery and two counts of reckless conduct, according to Fayette County Jail records.
The Feb. 17 incident occurred at Lake McIntosh in Peachtree City when two young males who were fishing were verbally harassed by four older males. One of the older males sprayed the contents of a powder-type fire extinguisher in the faces of the two young fishermen.
Fayette County Chief Marshal Harold Myers said the incident occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. when two young juvenile males were fishing from the dock.
Four other males, apparently ranging in ages from late juvenile to early adult, were in the gazebo a short distance away. The four left the gazebo and went to the dock where they began to verbally harass the two who were fishing, Myers said.
Words were exchanged and, at one point, one of the four went to his car and retrieved a powder-type fire extinguisher, said Myers, adding that the male with the extinguisher returned and squirted the two fishermen in the face.
Myers said the two males refused medical attention and were picked up by their parents.
Myers on March 9 said the remaining three males involved in the incident with Turner were 17 years of age and charges on those individuals are being considered.
