A former candidate for Clearwater City Council who is a well-known anti-Scientology agitator is back in jail after a court revoked his bail related to charges he battered a Church of Scientology security guard in downtown Clearwater.

Aaron Smith-Levin was arrested July 29 after allegedly assaulting John Gaffney , who is a Church security guard, while the man was on duty.

Smith-Levin was protesting at the Church when Gaffney, who is also a member of the Church, was attempting to clean chalk markings made by protesters from the sidewalk, according to the arrest affidavit. Smith-Levin then reportedly approached Gaffney and “threw blue powdered chalk at the victim, covering his face and torso causing him to be transported to the hospital for medical care.”

The arrest aff

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