- 09/01/2007 (3:30:45 am)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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St. Petersburg, Florida — The father of a passenger injured in Nick Hogan's car crash is under arrest tonight, after a "domestic brawl" with other family members at the hospital where his son is being treated, according to a St. Petersburg Police report.
Edward Graziano, 52, of Curlew Road in Dunedin, is charged with violation of a domestic violence injunction.
Graziano is the father of John Graziano, the passenger critically injured Sunday when a car driven by Hulk Hogan's son, Nick Bollea, also known as Nick Hogan, struck a tree in Clearwater. John Graziano is in critical condition at Bayfront Medical Center.
Police were called to the hospital Thursday by Edward Graziano's wife, Debra, after a physical dispute erupted between her husband and other members of their family in a waiting room, police said. He left the hospital before officers arrived.
"Debra asked the officers to find Edward and serve notice to him of a domestic violence injunction that she had previously obtained against him, since he had never been served notice of it, which is required by law before its sanctions can be enforced by a law enforcement officer," said police spoksman Bill Proffitt.
"Officers researched Debra's domestic violence injunction and learned it had expired, and therefore, it could not be enforced. As a result, Debra Graziano contacted court officials later that day and renewed the domestic violence injunction against Edward," he added.
At the time, officers took no further action and classified the incident as a "domestic brawl."
Today, police again were called to Bayfront Medical Center and learned that Edward Graziano had violated the new domestic violence injunction.
Officers located Graziano at the Vinoy Hotel in downtown St. Petersburg and arrested him for Violation of the Domestic Violence Injunction. He was taken into custody without incident and brought to the Pinellas County Jail.
