A West Palm Beach man faces charges for hitting a gym instructor with a weight, according to a report by the Palm Beach Post.
Forty-year-old Daniel Amato is accused of striking the 25-year-old trainer with a five-pound plate in the middle of a class Thursday at Hard Exercise Works.
Police say he then ran from the gym after being chased by several members and two off-duty sheriff's deputies who happened to be exercising at the time.
He was ultimately caught and taken into custody. The gym's owner told deputies Amato is the husband or ex-husband of a former gym member.
It's not known if he has an attorney. The trainer was taken to the hospital with broken facial bones that will require surgery, police said.
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Amato was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
