Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant arrested on battery charges, records show

A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant was arrested on battery charges involving an elderly person, records showed.

Carlos Antonio Lewin, 43, was arrested Thursday by BSO on two counts of battery on a person 65 or older, Broward jail records showed.

Lewin appeared in bond court Friday, where his defense attorney said he is a fire rescue lieutenant and has been a firefighter for around 11 years.

Few details about the arrest were known, and NBC6 has requested an arrest report.

In court, Lewin’s attorney said the alleged incident happened in February, and the judge gave other details from the report.

“The allegations here are that he slammed this person’s head, choked them, and then tried to gouge their eyes out,” Judge Corey Friedman said.

Friedman said two of Lewin’s co-workers had tried to intervene to protect the victim, and said he felt the allegations warranted a higher bond.

“I’ve got certainly community safety concerns. And again, I’m not saying he’s guilty of it, that’s for a different court at a later time, but I do have to accept everything in the warrant as true,” Friedman said. “But if you are a firefighter, or certainly somebody with a higher rank in the firefighting profession, I mean, you have an additional layer of community service where you’re supposed to protect and help people.”

Friedman set Lewin’s bond at $50,000 and ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim. He’s also not allowed to possess firearms or weapons.

NBC6 has reached out to BSO Fire Rescue for more information and was waiting to hear back.