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Pickleball brawl: Florida couple arrested after game gets out of hand, deputies say
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| 02/12/2026
| Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Posted on 02/13/2026 4:51:30 AM PST by Fury
PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A Florida couple was arrested after a game of pickleball escalated into a fight, authorities said.
According to Volusia County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, Anthony Edward Sapienza, 63, and his wife, Julianne Sapienza, 51, both of Ponce Inlet, were arrested on Feb. 8.
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While five people on the court were directly involved in the fight, it was unclear how many other witnesses participated. The affidavit stated that 20 people were involved.
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KEYWORDS: anthonysapienza; crime; florida; init2winit; isitthemyogi; juliannesapienza; relatable; themagain; typical; usualsuspects; volusiacounty; winatallcosts
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To: Fury
Tony Sap will probably have to leave Florida now and go back on the lam as his cover has been blown.
To: Fury
At least this story is not confusing about who is a male and a female.
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posted on
02/13/2026 5:55:59 AM PST
by
jroehl
(And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
To: Fury
Anthony Sapienza was charged with two counts of battery on a person 65 or older Is that really fair? Sapienza is 63 himself. And the victim did step into the kitchen . . . .
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:07:48 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Fury
Already posted in large part here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4366565/posts
But Furry never misses an opportunity to post pictures of white perps, which is her point: OMG white people commit crimes too!
Not withstanding:
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:19:06 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:19:18 AM PST
by
pas
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:21:28 AM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: Fury
I posted about this on another board. Everything about this couple screams New Jersey.
As a native Floridian, I can spot them a mile away.
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:23:06 AM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: Fury
I live in SoFlo. Is theya a problem heeyah?
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:26:17 AM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(They were the FA of times, they were the FO of times.)
To: dfwgator
I must be past my shelf life....so what the heck is Pickleball..?..Spokeshave at 84.
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:36:50 AM PST
by
spokeshave
( Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads, Curmudgeons & old Geezers)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
The stepping into the kitchen might have ignited the rage, but when you call someone else’s wife the C-WORD, that usually results in a fight regardless of age. LOL
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posted on
02/13/2026 6:50:23 AM PST
by
srmanuel
( )
To: Fury
Pickleball = tennis for old people.
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posted on
02/13/2026 7:24:18 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: DoodleBob
Pickle ball is serious stuff. 😆
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posted on
02/13/2026 7:27:04 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: SunkenCiv; Rennes Templar; The Spirit Of Allegiance
“Sounds like a bunch of cukes.”
Who can keep up?! They grow so fast, really get out of hand in nothing flat.
When I saw your reply I was over here:
3. “The Cucumber Season” (עונת המלפפונים)
This idiom refers to a slow news period or off-season, similar to the English “the silly season.” The image of cucumbers growing quietly while nothing else happens is both funny and oddly charming. Next time there’s nothing exciting going on, just blame it on the cucumber season!
https://talkpal.ai/culture/what-are-the-top-hebrew-idioms-that-sound-funny-in-english/
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posted on
02/13/2026 7:30:48 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: V_TWIN
There not a Florida couple, they are import scrubs
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posted on
02/13/2026 7:45:06 AM PST
by
WomBom
("I read Free Republic for the pictures)
To: Fury
The defendant used a kosher dill pickle, which is banned from pickleball for being too crunchy.
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posted on
02/13/2026 7:52:52 AM PST
by
UnwashedPeasant
(The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
To: FLT-bird
I posted about this on another board. Everything about this couple screams New Jersey. As a native Floridian, I can spot them a mile away. Possibly, but they might be from Illinois:
https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/anthony-sapienza_chicago-il
To: Fury
We knew it wasn't this couple, because, well, you know.

Too soon?
To: The_Media_never_lie
Here in the rural Deep South our small agricultural towns are happy to accommodate one or two Yankee neighbors. We like them because the talk funny.
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posted on
02/13/2026 8:23:07 AM PST
by
The Duke
(Not without incident)
To: JesusIsLord
Fighting over a pickleball match. We have jumped the shark!! LOL!!Hold on! As a frequent player, I can confidently state that pickleball is serious business!
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posted on
02/13/2026 10:09:09 AM PST
by
awelliott
(What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
To: Repealthe17thAmendment
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posted on
02/13/2026 11:02:25 AM PST
by
nwrep
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