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A septuagenarian in Florida may face legal action after allegedly threatening a child on a bicycle with a knife when he reportedly became upset that the youngster was riding on the sidewalk.

Just after noon on April 8, a 73-year-old man donning a sunhat and dark sunglasses was walking down the sidewalk parallel to a main street in Winter Springs. According to reports, a boy on a bicycle riding down the same sidewalk tried to ride past him. The man allegedly became upset that the youngster was not riding in the designated bike lane, and he pulled a military-style blade out of his pocket. He reportedly pointed it at the child while scolding him. The boy reportedly immediately went home after telling the man that he was sorry, and the authorities were notified about the situation.

Officers from the Winter Springs Police Department went to talk to the child, who told them he was afraid his life was in danger when the man was allegedly wielding the knife. The police set out to locate the alleged perpetrator, and they saw the person they believed was responsible. When the child was asked if the man looked like the person with the knife, he positively identified him as the suspect.

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A man who rode in an Uber in Maryland is facing charges after allegedly physically and verbally abusing the driver.

Just before 4:00 PM on April 21, an Uber driver in a 2012 Hyundai Accent picked up a male passenger. The man wanted a ride to Baltimore City, but he asked the driver to make a few stops before they headed for the destination.

The man sat in the front passenger seat for the ride, and he reportedly began smoking what was believed to be narcotics. He also allegedly struck the driver in the head several times while they were on the road.

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The owner of an event venue in Florida was arrested after allegedly pulling out a gun and pointing it while demanding that the attendees at a wedding reception vacate the building. 

On March 2, a couple held their wedding reception at the Cielo Farms venue in Southwest Ranches. 

The couple said they had a contract stating they were allowed to hold their reception until 11:30 PM.  

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A man in Minnesota was arrested after allegedly putting children in harm’s way and threatening to shoot one of his neighbors with a shotgun. 

On the afternoon of June 18, two neighbors in Ogema, which is approximately 60 miles away from Fargo, had an interaction involving one of the men allegedly threatening the other with a firearm. 

The neighbor suspected of approaching the other man has four children. He has reportedly felt suspicious about his neighbor’s behavior. The man accused his neighbor of several acts that caused him distress. 

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A Georgia woman with Alzheimer’s was arrested and jailed for domestic violence after she accidentally scratched her daughter while in a confused state.

69-year-old Annie Reynolds lives in Riverdale. She has Alzheimer’s, and her daughter Pamela is her caregiver.

On the afternoon of July 1, Reynolds walked out of her home by herself, and her daughter found her walking in the direction of a busy intersection.

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A Tennessee man wearing a gorilla costume allegedly entered the home of residents with whom he was not acquainted causing a 6-year-old girl to become afraid when she encountered him.

31-year-old Richard Muzick resides in the Old Hickory neighborhood of Nashville.

On April 26, Muzick was reportedly wearing a gorilla suit while in the town of Mt. Juliet when he approached a home around 2:00 pm.

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The father of a 5-year-old has been accused of leaving his daughter at a haunted house for several hours without anyone to care for her.

On Halloween night, 35-year-old Charles Shawntay Jones reportedly brought his 5-year-old daughter to a Merritt Island, Florida, haunted house attraction.

Instead of accompanying the child, Jones allegedly departed from the location leaving the young girl to fend for herself inside the spooky residence.

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When a man believed his roommate was a vampire he allegedly responded by becoming alarmed and attacking him with a metal rod.

A 40-year-old man and his roommate who live together in Washington had an interaction on the evening of October 13, wherein the man believed his housemate was not human.

After a reported exchange between the two, the man asked his roommate if he was a vampire and the question was met with the response, “Is that what the kids are calling me nowadays?”

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When a man allegedly entered a home uninvited and was suspected of planning to sexually assault the woman inhabitant in her sleep her 15-year-old son grabbed the burglar and held onto him until the authorities responded.

On Thursday, around 11:30 pm, a woman with three children was asleep in her room when someone allegedly entered her home through a door that was not locked. The man reportedly went into the woman’s bedroom and when she woke up he was said to be on top of her and holding her down so she was unable to get away.

The woman’s 15-year-old son went into his mother’s bedroom and saw the man allegedly pinning his mother down. The teen grabbed the uninvited guest forcing him away from his mom and was able to physically contain the man while her other two children called the police and waited outside for assistance.

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A Georgia man who was dining at a Waffle House on Tuesday has been accused of disorderly conduct after an alleged argument with the employees over the establishment’s lack of barbecue sauce.

When Willie Edward Drake went to a Waffle House in Macon for a meal in the early morning hours on January 23, he requested his server bring him an accompaniment of barbecue sauce with his order.

After being informed that the restaurant did not carry that condiment Drake allegedly became angered by the unavailability of the sauce. Three employees reportedly attempted to politely reason with him, but his frustration appeared to heighten.

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