George Zimmerman was removed Wednesday night from a Florida bar after creating a disturbance, Seminole County deputies said.
Deputies were called to the Corona Cigar Co. on Townpark Avenue in Lake Mary at 11:04 p.m. to investigate allegations of a fight between Tony Brown and Amanda Horne, deputies said. Zimmerman was visiting the cigar company with Horne, deputies said.
While deputies were reviewing surveillance video, they said they went to the front of the store because they heard people yelling. An employee told deputies that she was trying to collect a bill from Zimmerman when he yanked his credit card out of her hand.
Chip Brown, the manager of the Corona Cigar Co., told deputies that he wanted Zimmerman trespassed, or removed, because of several "recent disturbances that he had initiated," deputies said. Zimmerman was later trespassed by deputies.
Brown told deputies that Zimmerman later approached him and said: "I didn't know you were a (racial slur) lover," before he left the bar Wednesday night.
Zimmerman later approached a deputy and said he wanted to prosecute a person for battery unrelated to Wednesday's incident. When deputies tried to get more information, they said Zimmerman demanded the deputy's business card, but then refused to accept it and walked out of the building.
Zimmerman later called 911, identified himself as "John Doe" and asked to speak to a supervisor. Deputies said Zimmerman would not cooperate with any other questions asked by the 911 operator.
Another deputy arrived at the Corona Cigar Co. to talk to Zimmerman about his wish to prosecute a person for battery. Zimmerman told deputies that Floyd Narcisse approached him and asked, "Zimmerman, what are you doing here?" Zimmerman told deputies that he told Narcisse to leave him alone, but that Narcisse hit Zimmerman on the shoulder twice. Several witnesses disputed Zimmerman's claims.
Narcisse said he walked up to Zimmerman to shake his hand, but was ignored, and he tapped Zimmerman on the shoulder, deputies said.
Another person at the bar and who is also friends with Zimmerman asked him if he was causing trouble. Zimmerman told his friend, "You know that's how I roll," deputies said.
A deputy tried to give Zimmerman a "sworn voluntary statement form" and the deputy said Zimmerman became belligerent and asked to speak to a supervisor. A friend of Zimmerman's had to calm him down, deputies said.
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