A Loxahatchee man is facing three charges after deputies say an argument at a camper home turned into a stabbing and then a scuffle with a sheriff's deputy at a Westlake emergency room. Jason Collins-Wild was taken into custody Thursday after a man was stabbed just above the knee, according to allegations outlined by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
CBS12 reports that the victim gave deputies a video of the confrontation. Investigators said the footage showed Collins-Wild making insulting statements before slowly advancing toward the victim with a pointed object in his right hand; he then left the frame and was later seen leaving the area.
Deputies later located Collins-Wild east of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and 71st Place North. The arrest became more complicated when he allegedly refused to leave the back seat of a patrol vehicle for treatment of a bruise on his upper right cheek and had to be carried into the Westlake emergency room.
The Hospital Encounter Added A Third Charge
Inside the emergency room, Collins-Wild allegedly asked to use a restroom and then tried to pull free while deputies adjusted his handcuffs. That sequence, detailed by CBS12, ended with deputies placing him back on his chest and re-cuffing him after he allegedly kicked one officer in the mid-torso.
What Collins-Wild Is Charged With
Collins-Wild is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer without violence, and battery on specified personnel. Under Florida's aggravated-battery law, using a deadly weapon can qualify the offense as a second-degree felony, while Florida's officer-battery law reclassifies standard battery against an officer to a third-degree felony when the officer is performing official duties.
Separately, Florida's resisting statute defines resisting without violence as a first-degree misdemeanor. The charges are allegations, and a criminal filing is not a finding of guilt; the case will be decided in court.
