Florida man arrested for dunking a woman’s head into a vat of tar

A woman suffered chemical burns after a Florida man dunked her head in a vat of tar-like substance and choked her at gunpoint.

Marshall Dimick, 55, of Rosewood, was arrested this week after an unidentified woman told police she was tortured after she had an “argument” with the felon on Thursday.

Dimick claimed the man “dunked her head into a vat of tar-like substance that is used to treat clam and oyster bags.” He also “pointed a shotgun at her and choked her to near unconsciousness,” the Levy County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

The victim was hospitalized and treated for chemical burns on her face and arms, according to WCJB.

Police classified the crime as a “domestic dispute.”

Dimick reportedly “removed several firearms” from his home before cops arrived. Police later found the guns at a “neighboring property,” the sheriff’s office said.

Dimick was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a firearm, and four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

He is being held at the Levy County Detention Center on a $550,000 bail.