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A 75-year-old Volusia County man arguing with his ex-wife directed his wrath at her by flinging a grape, hitting the woman in the face, according to a sheriff's report.

Sebastiano Russo was jailed after deputies say he threw the small fruit at the 71-year-old woman during an argument about his girlfriend. He was charged with aggravated battery on a person over the age of 65 and is being held without bail while awaiting his first appearance in front of a judge.

According to a charging affidavit, Russo and his ex-wife Claire Russo live in the same West Holly Drive home, near Orange City. He came to the house drunk Tuesday night and assaulted Claire Russo with the grape, deputies said. A deputy responded to the fruit-flinging incident at 10:48 p.m.

Sebastiano Russo also threatened to kill the woman and burn down the house, the charging document states.  

A witness told the investigating deputy that Sebastiano Russo sat at a table and began slamming his hand on it saying, "This is my house," the report says.

Sebastiano Russo, who comes to the home intoxicated several times a week, told his ex-wife he was bringing his girlfriend to the house, the report said. When Claire Russo told him, "No, not in my house," the ex-husband threatened to kill her and then attacked her with the grape, the witness told the sheriff deputy.