Ret. 4 Star Gen goes H.A.M.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A retired four-star general was out on bond Tuesday after being taken to the Fayette County jail over the weekend for allegedly ordering Chinese food without paying for it and then assaulting a delivery driver.

“It was the worst thing that happened to me in all of my life,” William J. Livsey told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, recalling the “10 cops here for one 84-year-old man” at his Fayetteville home Saturday evening.

In an emailed statement to the AJC, Fayetteville police Chief Scott Pitts said that after his order from the Royal Chef restaurant arrived at his home, Livsey tried to pay the driver with a debit card that was declined.

When Livsey offered to pay with a check instead, the driver told him checks were not accepted by the restaurant and he would have to take the food back, the police chief said.

That is when Livsey allegedly grabbed the driver’s throat and facial hair, pushed him and pinned him against a refrigerator in his kitchen. During the assault, police said, two people in the home took the food, placed it on a counter and began eating it.

The driver was ultimately released and reported the incident to police, the chief said.

Officers went to Livsey’s home in the 200 block of Carriage Chase. Police said he told them he ordered the food and consumed some of it without paying for it. He also said the delivery driver pushed him when his debit card was rejected, Pitts said.

As officers tried to handcuff him, Livsey resisted, according to the police chief. The struggle created a small laceration on Livsey’s arm. Fayette County EMS was called to the scene to treat the injury and police tried to handcuff Livsey again.

The police chief said Livsey tried “to punch one of the officers and kick another one all while making threatening and disparaging remarks.”
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