Luke Gatti, the former UConn student who gained internet infamy when a video of his obscenity-laced tirade to a cafeteria worker about his need for a bacon jalapeño macaroni and cheese went viral on YouTube, has been arrested again in Florida.

Luke Gatti's latest arrest occurred May 27 at the Wellness Resource Center, a treatment facility for people who have drug addictions and mental health disorders. The staff called police after Gatti returned to the facility from a detox center in Fort Lauderdale, where he was being treated for his addiction to alcohol and drugs, according to a Boca Raton Police Department incident report.

The charges in Florida include battery on an officer and resisting an officer with violence.

Gatti, 20, of Bayville, N.Y., is on probation in Connecticut until Dec. 19 as a result of his arrest in the Storrs case.

In December 2015, Rockville Superior Court Judge John B. Farley granted Gatti's request for accelerated rehabilitation, a special form of probation that would allow the Connecticut criminal charges against Gatti to be dismissed if he completed a year of probation without further arrest. The Connecticut probation is now in jeopardy and Gatti could again face the criminal charges related to the UConn incident.

In Florida, police were called to the Wellness Resource Center by staff who were concerned about Gatti's well-being.

During a medical exam following his return to the Wellness Resource Center from the detox facility, Gatti was in pain and his vital signs were elevated, according to the police report. Doctors determined that he was going through withdrawal. Gatti asked for medication to ease the symptoms, the doctor refused, and Gatti became angry and left the facility, police said.

"He was agitated and stated he was in pain and could not handle it anymore," the report reads. He left the facility without shoes, but returned several hours later to retrieve his belongings, and then he screamed at center staff to give him his property and was angry and agitated, according to the police report.

When the officers told Gatti they were concerned about his safety and wanted to help, he told them he did not want their help, the report says.

"He then made statements that he did not care if he got hurt or if he hurt himself and wanted to be left alone," the report reads.

Gatti then tried to leave, and officers then decided to take him into protective custody. Gatti resisted the officer's, struck one in the hand, then struggled with another causing them both to fall backwards through a door, according to the report. Police then were able to handcuff him.

While in custody in a police car and later at a hospital, Gatti made suicidal statements, including, "I just want to die, I just want to die," according to the report. "He advised he needs drugs and alcohol to feel better and always has suicidal thoughts and dreams of people hurting him," the report says. "He also asked me to do him a favor and shoot him with my duty weapon."

Gatti was released from jail on May 31 after posting bail.

Gatti's struggle with alcohol and other substances has become well-known because of the YouTube video, his arrest by UConn police and previous encounters with police in Amherst, Mass., when he attended the University of Massachusetts.

In a subsequent YouTube video, Gatti apologized for his conduct at UConn and then traveled to South America to meet with David Robinson, the UConn student union manager on whom Gatti heaped abuse.

Gatti's conduct after the UConn incident, which included intensive treatment for his substance abuse issues, gave the judge in Rockville a reasonable belief that Gatti was on the road to recovery. In granting accelerated rehabilitation, Farley ordered continued substance abuse and community service during probation.

Because of the Storrs video, the judge said Gatti had been subjected to "excruciating and humiliating publicity" for which "he has only himself to blame."

"But he has paid a big price," Farley continued. "And the court does believe that will serve as a deterrent to future offenses. I would say it's fair to assume that any future brushes with the law Mr. Gatti has will bring more unwanted publicity to him."

The UConn video, taken Oct. 4, showed Gatti engaged in a prolonged argument with the Student Union manager before another worker stepped in to subdue him, clearing the way for his arrest. Gatti continued to be uncooperative once in the custody of UConn police.

"I've got nothing to defend," Gatti said in court in December. "I'm entirely ashamed of my actions. That's pretty much it."

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