A woman was reportedly assaulted and shoved into a vehicle outside a Best Western in the 7900 block of South U.S. Highway 1 late Friday night, setting off a search that ended with deputies finding a Broward County fugitive in a bathroom roughly 15 miles away. Guyrson Maddy, 37, now faces a domestic battery charge along with a string of Broward County probation-violation holds tied to felony cases stretching back nearly a decade.
Deputies were called to the hotel around 11:20 p.m. Friday after a witness reported seeing a man physically assault a woman before pushing her into a vehicle and driving off, according to cbs12.com. Investigators confirmed a battery had occurred and began working to identify the man involved, according to WPBF, which reported the disturbance as connected to a Port St. Lucie hotel, while cbs12.com described the location as a Fort Pierce hotel. Investigators soon zeroed in on a dark-colored 2025 Tesla Model Y believed to be involved in the incident.
That lead pointed deputies toward a home on Palm Breezes Drive, where they found a vehicle matching the description. A woman at the residence confirmed she had been at the hotel and directed deputies to a bathroom, where Maddy was located. The suspect followed deputies' commands and was taken into custody without incident, the station's report states.
K-9 Oso Joins the Search
Deputy Mendoza and his K-9 partner, Oso, helped find Maddy inside the home, per the same account. Maddy was then taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on the domestic battery charge, along with holds from Broward County tied to probation violations.
A records check turned up an active warrant for probation violations spanning four separate felony cases dating from 2017 to 2025. Those underlying cases reportedly include battery on a law enforcement officer, grand theft of a motor vehicle, third-degree grand theft, and organized fraud, the report notes. The Broward County holds against him also reference fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, criminal use of personal identification information, defrauding an innkeeper, and driving while license revoked.
A Probation Period That Had Just Ended
Maddy's Palm Beach County probation began in 2023 and had only recently concluded, ending the Sunday before the incident, per the Florida Department of Corrections. The timing places his latest arrest just days after that supervision period closed out.
Under Florida law, battery is defined as intentionally touching or striking another person against that person's will, or intentionally causing bodily harm, according to the Florida Legislature. A first offense is generally classified as a first-degree misdemeanor, but the statute allows for a second or subsequent battery conviction to be charged as a third-degree felony when a person has one prior qualifying conviction. It remains unclear whether that enhanced classification applies in Maddy's case.
