Crime & Safety

Gentleman's Club Manager Accused in Attack

Robert Michael Kowalski was charged with aggravated battery.

The manager of Diamonds gentleman’s club in the New Port Richey area has been accused of going to a home and attacking a man.

Robert Michael Kowalski, 40, went to a home in the Gracewood Subdivision Jan. 13, and knocked on the door, according to an arrest report from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.

A man opened the door. Kowalski stepped into the home and started punching and kicking the man, according to an arrest report.

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The man suffered five broken ribs, a punctured lung and two large lacerations to his head and face that required stitches.

The victim was hospitalized at Medical Center of Trinity for three days.

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Kowalski was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 12, and charged with aggravated battery.

He was booked into the Land O' Lakes jail Tuesday and released Wednesday after posting $10,000 bail. 

  


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